Billy Budd, Herman Melville | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Boswell, Jeanetta. Herman Melville and the Critics: A Checklist of Criticism, 1900–1978. The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies, No. 53, Metuchen, N. J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1981, 247 p.

Offers extensive bibliographic references to critical works on Billy Budd, including essays on film, opera, and dramatic adaptations of the novel.

Higgins, Brian. Herman Melville: A Reference Guide, 1931–1960. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1987, 531 p.

Offers numerous bibliographic references to critical works on Billy Budd.

CRITICISM

Braswell, William. “Melville's Billy Budd as ‘An Inside Narrative.’” Melville's Billy Budd and the Critics, edited by William T. Stafford, pp. 91–103. Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1961.

Originally published in 1957, views Billy Budd as “an inside narrative about a tragic conflict in Melville's own...

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