White-jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-war (Northwestern-Newberry Editions of the Writings of Herman Melville) - Softcover

Herman Melville

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810118289 ISBN 13: 9780810118287

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2000

Synopsis

A crewman on the man-of-war ""Neversink"", White-Jacket gets his name from the shirt he turned into a coat and lined with rags. The journey he undertakes is dangerous - a man falls overboard and White-Jacket falls from the rigging.

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Review:

"It's terrific to see this in print again, and with a useful appendix as well."--Charles Npravnik, State University of New York at Brockport"An unusually attractive edition, from the cover design to the print and the generous margins. The author chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes are all helpful. I also like the size and the feel of this edition."--Donald Coen, Sam Houston State University"Delighted to have a moderately priced, well annotated edition available again."--Marvin Fisher, Arizona State University"Excellent! Good, clear type--a much needed new edition."--George F. Day, University of North Iowa "It's terrific to see this in print again, and with a useful appendix as well."--Charles Npravnik, State University of New York at Brockport "An unusually attractive edition, from the cover design to the print and the generous margins. The author chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes are all helpful. I also like the size and the feel of this edition."--Donald Coen, Sam Houston State University "Delighted to have a moderately priced, well annotated edition available again."--Marvin Fisher, Arizona State University "Excellent! Good, clear type--a much needed new edition."--George F. Day, University of North Iowa "It's terrific to see this in print again, and with a useful appendix as well."--Charles Npravnik, State University of New York at Brockport "An unusually attractive edition, from the cover design to the print and the generous margins. The author chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes are all helpful. I also like the size and the feel of this edition."--Donald Coen, Sam Houston State University "Delighted to have a moderately priced, well annotated edition available again."--Marvin Fisher, Arizona State University "Excellent! Good, clear type--a much needed new edition."--George F. Day, University of North Iowa "It's terrific to see this in print again, and with a useful appendix as well."--Charles Npravnik, State University of New York at Brockport"An unusually attractive edition, from the cover design to the print and the generous margins. The author chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes are all helpful. I also like the size and the feel of this edition."--Donald Coen, Sam Houston State University"Delighted to have a moderately priced, well annotated edition available again."--Marvin Fisher, Arizona State University"Excellent! Good, clear type--a much needed new edition."--George F. Day, University of North Iowa

About the Author:

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0810118289
• ISBN 13: 9780810118287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416