Herman Melville wrote White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War during two months of intense work in the summer of 1849. He drew upon his memories of naval life, having spent fourteen months as an ordinary seaman aboard a frigate as it sailed the Pacific and made the homeward voyage around Cape Horn. Already that same summer Melville had written Redburn, and he regarded the books as two jobs, which I have done for money--being forced to it, as other men are to sawing wood. The reviewers were not as hard on White-Jacket as Melville himself was. The English liked its praise of British seamen. The Americans were more interested in Melville's attack on naval abuses, particularly flogging, and his advocacy of humanitarian causes. Soon Melville was acclaimed the best sea writer of the day. Part autobiography, part epic fiction, White-Jacket remains a brilliantly imaginative social novel by one of the great writers of the sea. This text of the novel is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
ISBN-10
0810102579
ISBN-13
9780810102576
eBay Product ID (ePID)
49067
Product Key Features
Book Title
White Jacket, or the World in a Man-Of-War : Volume Five, Scholarly Edition
Author
Herman. Melville
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary
Publication Year
1970
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
499 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
40 oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
Vol. 5
Lc Classification Number
Ps2380.F68 Vol.5
Copyright Date
1970
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lccn
67-021603
Series
Melville Ser.
Illustrated
Yes
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