Harold Bloom suggests that Herman Melville's rejection of Biblical theology finds powerful expression throughout all of his later fictional prose and his verse. This volume gathers together some of the best criticism available on the work of Melville, including MobyDick, Typee, Omoo, The Piazza Tales, and Benito Cereno.
This title, Herman Melville, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Herman Melville through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Herman Melville, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
