{"product_id":"melvilles-short-novels-authoritative-texts-contexts-criticism-9780393976410","title":"Melville's Short Novels: Authoritative Texts, Contexts, Criticism","description":"Each text has been carefully edited and annotated for student readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As his writing reflects, Melville was extraordinarily well read. \"Contexts\" collects important sources for each novel, including writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amasa Delano, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Criticism\" includes twenty-eight essays about the novels sure to promote classroom discussion. Contributors include Leo Marx, Elizabeth Hardwick, Frederick Busch, Robert Lowell, Herschel Parker, Carolyn L. Karcher, Thomas Mann, and Hannah Arendt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Selected Bibliography is included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCall, Dan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDan McCall\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of American Studies at Cornell University. He is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eJack the Bear\u003c\/em\u003e (which was made into a movie starring Danny DeVito) and \u003cem\u003eTriphammer\u003c\/em\u003e. His monographs include \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of Bartleby\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCitizens of Somewhere Else\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844436005138,"sku":"9780393976410","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_629e96db-c3bb-4afd-bb3a-d765c5c047d4.jpg?v=1737320498","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/melvilles-short-novels-authoritative-texts-contexts-criticism-9780393976410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}