Herman Melville: Moby Dick and Other WorksMarshall Cavendish, 2008 - 158 páginas Describes the life of nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville and profiles "Moby-Dick," "Typee," "Bartleby, the Scrivener," and "Billy Budd," discussing their plots, characters, structures, themes, motifs and symbols, and criticism. Includes a |
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ting plot a multitude of facts a wealth of philosoph | 6 |
ΠΟΙ | 92 |
Melvilles Place in Literature | 119 |
Filmography | 126 |
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