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H
ERMAN
M
ELVILLE
EDITED BY
WYN KELLEY
A
C
O M P A N I O N T O
A Companion to Herman Melville
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
This series offers comprehensive, newly written surveys of key periods and movements
and certain major authors, in English literary culture and history. Extensive volumes
provide new perspectives and positions on contexts and on canonical and post-
canonical texts, orientating the beginning student in new fields of study and provid-
ing the experienced undergraduate and new graduate with current and new directions,
as pioneered and developed by leading scholars in the field.
1. A Companion to Romanticism
Edited by Duncan Wu
2. A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture
Edited by Herbert F. Tucker
3. A Companion to Shakespeare
Edited by David Scott Kastan
4. A Companion to the Gothic
Edited by David Punter
5. A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare
Edited by Dympna Callaghan
6. A Companion to Chaucer
Edited by Peter Brown
7. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake
Edited by David Womersley
8. A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture
Edited by Michael Hattaway
9. A Companion to Milton
Edited by Thomas N. Corns
10. A Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry
Edited by Neil Roberts
11. A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture
Edited by Phillip Pulsiano and Elaine Treharne
12. A Companion to Restoration Drama
Edited by Susan J. Owen
13. A Companion to Early Modern Women’s Writing
Edited by Anita Pacheco
14. A Companion to Renaissance Drama
Edited by Arthur F. Kinney
15. A Companion to Victorian Poetry
Edited by Richard Cronin, Alison Chapman,
and Antony H. Harrison
16. A Companion to the Victorian Novel
Edited by Patrick Brantlinger
and William B. Thesing
17–20. A Companion to Shakespeare’s Works: Volumes I–IV
Edited by Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard
21. A Companion to the Regional Literatures of America
Edited by Charles L. Crow
22. A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism
Edited by Walter Jost and Wendy Olmsted
23. A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South
Edited by Richard Gray
and Owen Robinson
24. A Companion to American Fiction 1780–1865
Edited by Shirley Samuels
25. A Companion to American Fiction 1865–1914
Edited by Robert Paul Lamb
and G. R. Thompson
26. A Companion to Digital Humanities
Edited by Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens,
and John Unsworth
27. A Companion to Romance
Edited by Corinne Saunders
28. A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945–2000
Edited by Brian W. Shaffer
29. A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama
Edited by David Krasner
30. A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture
Edited by Paula R. Backscheider and
Catherine Ingrassia
31. A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture
Edited by Rory McTurk
32. A Companion to Tragedy
Edited by Rebecca Bushnell
33. A Companion to Narrative Theory
Edited by James Phelan and Peter J. Rabinowitz
34. A Companion to Science Fiction
Edited by David Seed
35. A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America
Edited by Susan Castillo and Ivy Schweitzer
36. A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance
Edited by Barbara Hodgdon and W. B. Worthen
37. A Companion to Mark Twain
Edited by Peter Messent and Louis J. Budd
38. A Companion to European Romanticism
Edited by Michael K. Ferber
39. A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture
Edited by David Bradshaw
and Kevin J. H. Dettmar
40. A Companion to Walt Whitman
Edited by Donald D. Kummings
41. A Companion to Herman Melville
Edited by Wyn Kelley
2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
except for editorial material and organization
2006 by Wyn Kelley
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA
9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK
550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
The right of Wyn Kelley to be identified as the Author of the Editorial Material in this Work has
been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or
otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the
prior permission of the publisher.
First published 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
1 2006
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A companion to Herman Melville / edited by Wyn Kelley.
p. cm. — (Blackwell companions to literature and culture; 41)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2231-3 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2231-5 (alk. paper)
1. Melville, Herman, 1819–1891.—Criticism and interpretation—Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Kelley, Wyn. II. Series.
PS2387.C66 2006
813’.3—dc22
2006003196
A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
Set in 11 on 13pt Garamond
by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India
Printed and bound in Singapore
by Markeno Print Media Pte Ltd
The publisher’s policy is to use permanent paper from mills that operate a sustainable forestry
policy, and which has been manufactured from pulp processed using acid-free and elementary
chlorine-free practices. Furthermore, the publisher ensures that the text paper and cover board used
have met acceptable environmental accreditation standards.
For further information on
Blackwell Publishing, visit our website:
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H
ERMAN
M
ELVILLE
EDITED BY
WYN KELLEY
A
C
O M P A N I O N T O
A Companion to Herman Melville
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
This series offers comprehensive, newly written surveys of key periods and movements
and certain major authors, in English literary culture and history. Extensive volumes
provide new perspectives and positions on contexts and on canonical and post-
canonical texts, orientating the beginning student in new fields of study and provid-
ing the experienced undergraduate and new graduate with current and new directions,
as pioneered and developed by leading scholars in the field.
1. A Companion to Romanticism
Edited by Duncan Wu
2. A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture
Edited by Herbert F. Tucker
3. A Companion to Shakespeare
Edited by David Scott Kastan
4. A Companion to the Gothic
Edited by David Punter
5. A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare
Edited by Dympna Callaghan
6. A Companion to Chaucer
Edited by Peter Brown
7. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake
Edited by David Womersley
8. A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture
Edited by Michael Hattaway
9. A Companion to Milton
Edited by Thomas N. Corns
10. A Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry
Edited by Neil Roberts
11. A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture
Edited by Phillip Pulsiano and Elaine Treharne
12. A Companion to Restoration Drama
Edited by Susan J. Owen
13. A Companion to Early Modern Women’s Writing
Edited by Anita Pacheco
14. A Companion to Renaissance Drama
Edited by Arthur F. Kinney
15. A Companion to Victorian Poetry
Edited by Richard Cronin, Alison Chapman,
and Antony H. Harrison
16. A Companion to the Victorian Novel
Edited by Patrick Brantlinger
and William B. Thesing
17–20. A Companion to Shakespeare’s Works: Volumes I–IV
Edited by Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard
21. A Companion to the Regional Literatures of America
Edited by Charles L. Crow
22. A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism
Edited by Walter Jost and Wendy Olmsted
23. A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American South
Edited by Richard Gray
and Owen Robinson
24. A Companion to American Fiction 1780–1865
Edited by Shirley Samuels
25. A Companion to American Fiction 1865–1914
Edited by Robert Paul Lamb
and G. R. Thompson
26. A Companion to Digital Humanities
Edited by Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens,
and John Unsworth
27. A Companion to Romance
Edited by Corinne Saunders
28. A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945–2000
Edited by Brian W. Shaffer
29. A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama
Edited by David Krasner
30. A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture
Edited by Paula R. Backscheider and
Catherine Ingrassia
31. A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture
Edited by Rory McTurk
32. A Companion to Tragedy
Edited by Rebecca Bushnell
33. A Companion to Narrative Theory
Edited by James Phelan and Peter J. Rabinowitz
34. A Companion to Science Fiction
Edited by David Seed
35. A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America
Edited by Susan Castillo and Ivy Schweitzer
36. A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance
Edited by Barbara Hodgdon and W. B. Worthen
37. A Companion to Mark Twain
Edited by Peter Messent and Louis J. Budd
38. A Companion to European Romanticism
Edited by Michael K. Ferber
39. A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture
Edited by David Bradshaw
and Kevin J. H. Dettmar
40. A Companion to Walt Whitman
Edited by Donald D. Kummings
41. A Companion to Herman Melville
Edited by Wyn Kelley
2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
except for editorial material and organization
2006 by Wyn Kelley
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA
9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK
550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
The right of Wyn Kelley to be identified as the Author of the Editorial Material in this Work has
been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or
otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the
prior permission of the publisher.
First published 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
1 2006
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A companion to Herman Melville / edited by Wyn Kelley.
p. cm. — (Blackwell companions to literature and culture; 41)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2231-3 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2231-5 (alk. paper)
1. Melville, Herman, 1819–1891.—Criticism and interpretation—Handbooks, manuals, etc.
I. Kelley, Wyn. II. Series.
PS2387.C66 2006
813’.3—dc22
2006003196
A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
Set in 11 on 13pt Garamond
by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India
Printed and bound in Singapore
by Markeno Print Media Pte Ltd
The publisher’s policy is to use permanent paper from mills that operate a sustainable forestry
policy, and which has been manufactured from pulp processed using acid-free and elementary
chlorine-free practices. Furthermore, the publisher ensures that the text paper and cover board used
have met acceptable environmental accreditation standards.
For further information on
Blackwell Publishing, visit our website:
www.blackwellpublishing.com
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