ISBN: 9780375400681 - complete shorter fiction of herman melville: introduction by john updike (everyman's library classics series) (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: very_good. Very good: The book does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover the dust jacket if applicable is included for hard covers. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining highlighting of text or writing in the margins. It may have very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover as well as very minimal wear and tear. See the seller's listing for full details and a description of any imperfections.…

Zustand: New. 1997. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 478 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Herman Melville (1819-91) brought as much genius to the smaller-scale literary forms as he did to the full-blown novel: his poems and the short stories and novellas collected in this volume reveal a deftness and a delicacy of touch that is in some ways even more impressive than the massive, tectonic passions of Moby-Dick. In a story like 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' -- one of the very few perfect representatives of the form in the English language -- he displayed an unflinching precision and insight and empathy in his depiction of the drastically alienated inner life of the title character. In 'Benito Cereno,' he addressed the great racial dilemmas of the nineteenth century with a profound, almost surreal imaginative clarity. And in Billy, Budd, Sailor, the masterpiece of his last years, he fused the knowledge and craft gained from a lifetime's magnificent work into a pure, stark, flawlessly composed tale of innocence betrayed and destroyed. Melville is justly honored for the epic sweep of his mind, but his lyricism, his skill in rendering the minute, the particular, the local, was equally sublime.…

Zustand: New. Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. When his father died, he was forced to leave school and find work. After passing through some minor clerical jobs, the eighteen-year-old young man shipped out to sea, first on a short cargo trip, then, at t.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Everyman's Library edition. Introduction by John Updike. Fine in near fine dust jacket with small crease on front panel bottom edge.