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The Cambridge Companion To Herman Melville Provides A Definitive And Critical Introduction To Melville's Work For Students And General Readers Alike. The Essays Have Been Specially Commissioned For This Volume, And Provide A Comprehensive Overview Of Melville's Career. All Of Melville's Key Works, Including Moby-dick, Typee, White Jacket, The Tambourine In Glory And The Confidence Man, Are Examined. Written At A Level Which Is Both Challenging And Accessible, The Volume Provides Fresh Perspectives On One Of The Most Significant Writers Of Nineteenth-century America Whose Work Continues To Fascinate Readers And Stimulate New Study. Robert S. Levine -- Race In Typee And White-jacket / Samuel Otter -- Tambourine In Glory: African Culture And Melville's Art / Sterling Stuckey -- Moby-dick As Revolution / John Bryant -- Pierre's Domestic Ambiguities / Wyn Kelley -- A̲̲̲̲!̲: Unreadability In The Confidence Man / Elizabeth Renker -- Melville The Poet / Lawrence Buell -- Melville's Traveling God / Jenny Franchot -- Melville And Sexuality / Robert K. Martin -- Melville, Labor, And The Discourses Of Reception / Cindy Weinstein. Edited By Robert S. Levine. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 287-298) And Index. English.