{"product_id":"9781119045274","title":"A Companion to Herman Melville","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Herman Melville\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWyn Kelley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn a series of 35 original essays, this companion demonstrates the relevance of Melville’s works in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders Melville in a global context, and looks at the impact of global economies and technologies on the way people read Melville\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes account of the latest and most sophisticated scholarship, including postcolonial and feminist perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLocates Melville in his cultural milieu, revising our views of his politics on race, gender and democracy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals Melville as a more contemporary writer than his critics have sometimes assumed\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWyn Kelley\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the Literature Faculty at MIT. The author of \u003ci\u003eMelville’s City: Literary and Urban Form in Nineteenth-Century New York\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eA Short Guide to Herman Melville\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishing, 2008), she is also Associate Editor of the \u003ci\u003eMelville Electronic Library.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 August 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119045274\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e616\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311096131724,"sku":"9781119045274","price":53.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119045274_7ebd42fd-6d7b-4f3e-a456-9e62176f3a9b.jpg?v=1780207872","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119045274","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}