Billy Budd, sailor and other stories
Melville, Herman, 1819-18912005
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This is a collection of late short stories dealing with isolation, communication, and the creation of fiction. Frederick Busch's introduction discusses Melville's preoccupation with his 'correspondence with the world', his quarrel with silence, and why fiction for him was 'a matter of life and death'.
Main title:
Billy Budd, sailor and other stories / Herman Melville.
Edition:
[New] ed. / [edited and] with an introduction by Frederick Busch.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1986.
Collation:
xxiv, 385 p. ; 20 cm.
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Variant title:
Cover title: Billy Budd and other stories
Notes:
Cover and spine title: Billy Budd and other stories.
ISBN:
9780140390537 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
499153