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Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative Reading Text and Genetic Text)

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by: Herman Melville See Larger Image List Price: $14.00 Amazon.com's Price: $10.92 You Save: $3.08 (22%) as of 03/20/2010 01:07 EDT Used Price: $2.98 Collectible Price: $11.99 Third Party New Price: $5.60 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780226321325 Edition: annotated edition ISBN: 0226321320 Label: University Of Chicago Press Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 230 Publication Date: September 01, 2001 Publisher: University Of Chicago Press Studio: University Of Chicago Press Features: ISBN13: 9780226321325 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Related Items: Darkness at Noon: A Novel A Man for All Seasons Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama Texts and Contexts: Writing About Literature with Critical Theory (5th Edition) The Old Regime and the French Revolution see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Hayford and Sealts's text was the first accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of a profoundly suggestive story. "The texts are impeccably accurate. . . . The collection is accompanied by an unobtrusive but expert annotation. . . . Probably Melville's finest short work, the incomplete 'Billy Budd,' [is] a striking reworking of the crucifixion set in the English maritime service of the Revolutionary period."—John Sutherland, The Los Angeles Times Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - There Are Some Interesting Reviews Here... ... and my contribution, I admit, raises more questions than it answers. Is Billy Budd a Political Allegory? Or is it an oblique admission of latent homosexuality? Or a cautious hatchet-job on a domineering father-in-law? Or a somber biblical morality tale, with Captain Vere standing in for Pontius Pilate? Or simply a prose prologue to a ballad in verse, which spilled uncontrollably out of its frame? None of those interpretations is as indefensible as it might seem. Literary ... Read More Rating: - Melville's common man against Burke's paternal authority Stored away in a tin box and unpublished until 1924, "Billy Budd" has since been released in a number of forms. The confused state of the various drafts and manuscripts and the resulting (significant) disparities among the work's many editions have only increased the multiplicity of interpretations of what is already an extraordinarily complex (but not all that difficult) work. Readers' understanding or pleasure of this deeply textured novella may well depend on the text they select; the version widely ... Read More Rating: - Time and Growth The first time I encountered Billy Budd, I was merely 16 years old and incredibly disappointed with Melville's classic. It was unlike anything I had previously encountered, much to my relief. I was turned off by, in my estimation, its excessive length and wordy sentence structure. I was so turned off, in fact, that I left a less than stellar review of the novella on Amazon. An avid and appreciative reader of classics, I preferred more straightforward reads such as Mark Twain's Huck Finn or Charlotte ... Read More Rating: - Elisabeth, Billy Budd Melville's short novel, Billy Budd, relates the story of a naive, innocent, young sailor hated by John Claggart, the ship's master-at-arms. The reason for Claggart's hatred is unknown; he is simply the representative of evil. In the presence of the ship's captain, Claggart falsely accuses Billy of mutiny. In response, Billy strikes Claggart with such force that Claggart falls dead. Concerned with the possibility of mutiny, Captain Vere convenes a court which follows Vere's directions, convicts Billy, ... Read More Rating: - Elisabeth, Billy Budd Melville's short novel, Billy Budd, relates the late eighteenth century story of a naive, innocent, young sailor, who is hated by John Claggart, the ship's master-at-arms. Good versus evil, the individual versus society, absolute law versus mercy are all themes in the novel. Billy Budd contains many Christian allusions, and some commentators have suggested the novel is a Christian allegory that depicts the sacrifice of an innocent man. The narrator repeatedly draws comparisons between Billy Budd and Christ ... Read More see more

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