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__"One of the great strengths of this third edition is Hershel Parker's inclusion of commentary on__Moby-Dick__from its publication in 1851 right into the 21st century to answer why__Moby-Dick__--boisterous, beautiful, filled with soaring language, forever questioning, and nearly 200 years old--is more popular than ever."__--MARY K. BERCAW EDWARDS,__University of Connecticut__This Norton Critical Edition includes:• Melville’s classic novel of whaling and revenge, based on Hershel Parker’s revision of the 1967 text edited by Harrison Hayford and Hershel Parker.• Twenty-six illustrations, including maps, contemporary engravings, and diagrams of whaleboat rigging.• Background and source materials centering on whaling and whalecraft, Melville’s international reception, the inspirations for Moby-Dick, and Melville’s related correspondence.• Forty-four reviews and interpretations of the novel spanning three centuries.• A revised and updated Selected Bibliography.

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Author

Herman Melville; Hershel Parker

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393285000

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, American Fiction

Rating

4.7 / 5 (216 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14