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Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or the world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, the whale

Title
Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or the world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, the whale / Herman Melville. Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle.
Author
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Publication
  • New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., [1983]
  • ©1983
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Book/textUse in library JFD 88-6996Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315
Book/textUse in library JFD 07-3583Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
Book/textNo restrictions *R-RMRR PS2382 .T3 1983Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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Additional Authors
  • Tanselle, G. Thomas (George Thomas), 1934-
  • Family of Robert Motherwell, donor NN
  • Robert Motherwell Book Collection (New York Public Library. Art Division)
Series Statement
The Library of America ; 9
Uniform Title
  • Library of America ; 9.
  • Novels. Selections
Alternative Title
  • Novels.
  • White-jacket or the world in a man-of-war
  • Moby-Dick, or, the whale
  • Redburn, White-jacket, Moby-Dick
  • Redburn, his first voyage.
  • White-jacket.
  • Moby-Dick.
Subject
  • Sea stories, American > Fiction
  • Sailors > Fiction
  • Seafaring life > Fiction
  • Naval discipline > Fiction
  • Warships > Fiction
  • Whales > Fiction
  • Whaling > Fiction
  • Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) > Fiction
  • Ship captains > Fiction
  • Whaling ships > Fiction
  • American fiction > 19th century
  • Whales
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • Allegories.
  • Sea fiction.
Note
  • Texts reproduced from the Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville published by Northwestern University Press and the Newberry Library.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Source (note)
  • of the Family of Robert Motherwell;
Local note
  • Copy in ReCAP 24-4914 inscribed.
Contents
Redburn -- White-jacket -- Moby-Dick.
Call Number
PS2382
ISBN
  • 0940450097
  • 9780940450097
LCCN
82018677
OCLC
8866362
Author
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, author.
Title
Redburn, his first voyage ; White-jacket, or the world in a man-of-war ; Moby-Dick, or, the whale / Herman Melville. Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle.
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., [1983]
Copyright Date
©1983
Description
1,438 pages ; 21 cm.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Description
Bibliography
Fiction
Series
The Library of America ; 9
Library of America ; 9.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Redburn is the story that relates a young man's initiation into the sailors life; White-Jacket is the story that is a semi-autobiographical account of experiences in the U.S. Navy; Moby-Dick, or the whale is the most famous of Melville's works, and tells the story of Ahab, a ship captain that has become obsessed with the hunt for the whale he has named Moby-Dick.
Local Note
Copy in ReCAP 24-4914 inscribed.
Source
Gift; of the Family of Robert Motherwell; 2024. NN
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Added Author
Tanselle, G. Thomas (George Thomas), 1934- editor.
Family of Robert Motherwell, donor NN
Robert Motherwell Book Collection (New York Public Library. Art Division)
Spine Title
Redburn, White-jacket, Moby-Dick
Added Title
Redburn, his first voyage.
White-jacket.
Moby-Dick.
Research Call Number
*R-RMRR PS2382 .T3 1983
ReCAP 24-4914
JFD 88-6996
JFD 07-3583
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