| Author/Contributor(s): | Samson, John |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Date: | 10/15/2011 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Samson offers full contextual readings of Melville's five major narratives of facts--Typee, Omoo, Redburn, White-Jacket, and Israel Potter--demonstrating how Melville critically rewrote the sources on which he drew, making the genre itself a subject.