Bartleby and Benito Cereno - Couverture souple

Melville, Herman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1619493799 ISBN 13 : 9781619493797

Editeur : Empire Books, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Melville Herman

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Herman Melville (1819 –1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume collects two of Melville’s most memorable and celebrated short fiction pieces, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and “Benito Cereno.” A short story that largely reflected Melville’s own frustrations as a writer, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” tells the story of a Manhattan-based clerk and copyist who is driven by depression and self-determination to renounce the writing assignments and expectations demanded of him by his superiors. “Benito Cereno,” on the other hand, is a harrowing novella that revolves around a slave rebellion aboard a Spanish merchant ship and the utter depravity of the circumstances preceding it. Both works of extraordinary literary significance, they continue to showcase Melville at the peak of his creativity.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Empire Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1619493799
• ISBN 13: 9781619493797
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 138