The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville

by Robert S. Levine

The Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville is intended to provide a critical introduction to Melville's work. The essays have been specially commissioned for this volume, and provide a comprehensive overview of Melville's career. All of Melville's novels are discussed, as well as most of his poetry and short fiction. Written at a level both challenging and accessible, the volume provides fresh perspectives on an American author whose work continues to fascinate readers and stimulate new study.

Genres: Nonfiction, Literature

328 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 1998

About the author

Robert S. Levine (Ph.D. Stanford University 1981) is Distinguished University Professor of English and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Levine is the General Editor of The Norton Anthology of American Literature and is a member of the editorial boards of American Literary History, Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, and J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists.

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hated reading Moby Dick, but this book calmed me down because Melville made that book hard to read on purpose. The last chapter is politically naïve. Political ideology does not belong to art or literature. Liberalism is incompatible with Plato's ideal of a scholar or philosopher king.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting, opens up many interesting points of discussion on the author.

[Debbie Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not stellar, but much better than The New Cambridge Companion to H.M.

[EvaLovesYA · Rating 3 out of 5]

En rigtig god kilde med dybdegående stof og en grundig gennemgang.
- Brugt på universitetet (litteraturvidenskab) til en opgave om Melvilles forfatterskab.