Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic — Raymond M. Weaver

Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic

Raymond M. Weaver

History
Book language: English
370 pages

Raymond M. Weaver’s Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic is a biography of the American writer Herman Melville. Drawing on letters, journals and family records, it follows his life at sea and his career as a novelist, while exploring the philosophical and mystical strains in his work. It offers useful context for readers of Moby-Dick and nineteenth-century American literature.

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Contents

HERMAN MELVILLE Mariner and Mystic
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
CHAPTER II GHOSTS
CHAPTER III PARENTS AND EARLY YEARS
CHAPTER IV A SUBSTITUTE FOR PISTOL AND BALL
CHAPTER V DISCOVERIES ON TWO CONTINENTS
CHAPTER VI PEDAGOGY, PUGILISM AND LETTERS
CHAPTER VII BLUBBER AND MYSTICISM
CHAPTER VIII LEVIATHAN
CHAPTER IX THE PACIFIC
CHAPTER X MAN-EATING EPICURES—THE MARQUESAS
CHAPTER XI MUTINY AND MISSIONARIES—TAHITI
CHAPTER XII ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR
CHAPTER XIII INTO THE RACING TIDE
CHAPTER XIV ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AGAIN
CHAPTER XV A NEIGHBOUR OF HAWTHORNE’S
CHAPTER XVI THE GREAT REFUSAL
CHAPTER XVII THE LONG QUIETUS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF NAMES
Transcriber's Note
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