{"product_id":"billy-budd-bartleby-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter M. Coviello\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories--American classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though best-known for his epic masterpiece \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHerman Melville also left a body of short stories arguably unmatched in American fiction. In the sorrowful tragedy of \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSailor\u003c\/i\u003e; the controlled rage of \u003ci\u003eBenito Cereno\u003c\/i\u003e; and the tantalizing enigma of \u003ci\u003eBartleby, the Scrivener\u003c\/i\u003e; Melville reveals himself as a singular storyteller of tremendous range and compelling power. In these stories, Melville cuts to the heart of race, class, capitalism, and globalism in America, deftly navigating political and social issues that resonate as clearly in our time as they did in Melville's. Also including \u003ci\u003eThe Piazza Tales\u003c\/i\u003e in full, this collection demonstrates why Melville stands not only among the greatest writers of the nineteenth century, but also as one of our greatest contemporaries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Penguin Classics edition features the Reading Text of \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd, Sailor\u003c\/i\u003e, as edited from a genetic study of the manuscript by Harrison Hayford and Merton M. Sealts, Jr., and the authoritative Northwestern-Newberry text of \u003ci\u003eThe Piazza Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerman Melville \u003c\/b\u003e(1819-1863) is one of America's greatest writers. During his lifetime, Melville published nine novels, a collection of tales, and four volumes of poetry, along with various uncollected tales, poems, and reviews. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCoviello \u003c\/b\u003e(introduction and notes)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of American literature and queer studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His books include \u003ci\u003eIntimacy in America: Dreams of Affiliation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ein Antebellum Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eTomorrow's Parties: Sex and the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUntimely in Nineteenth-Century America\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for a 2013 Lambda Award in LGBT Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519376585011,"sku":"9780143107606","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a1hOMVJ6TFAzbHBJbUp1bCswQ0padz09.webp?v=1760496833","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/billy-budd-bartleby-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}