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FURTHER READING

Biography

Weaver, Raymond M. Melville: Mariner and Mystic. New York: George H. Doran Co., 1921, 399 p.

The biography central to the Melville revival of the 1920s. This work was extremely influential in establishing Melville's reputation as an author of world importance.

Criticism

Braswell, William. Melville's Religious Thought: An Essay in Interpretation. New York: Octagon Books, 1973, 154 p.

Studies the background and influences central to Melville's religious disillusionment and analyzes the treatment of religious themes throughout his works.

Brodhead, Richard H. "The Uncommon Long Cable: Moby Dick." In Hawthorne, Melville, and the Novel, pp. 134-62. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976.

Proposes that Moby-Dick is founded on an opposition between two views concerning the...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Primary Sources
   1. Herman Melville (Story Date 1856)
4. General Commentary
   1. Newton Arvin (Essay Date March 1949)
5. Title Commentary
   1. "Benito Cereno"
   2. "Bartleby the Scrivener"
   3. Moby-Dick
6. Further Reading

1. Herman Melville