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Hayford, Harrison

Overview
Works: 85 works in 321 publications in 3 languages and 17,926 library holdings
Roles: Editor, Author of introduction, Other, Annotator, Donor, Collector
Classifications: ps2380, 813.3
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38 editions published between and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,601 libraries worldwide
Graphic drawings, textual notes, and comments by the American historian supplement Melville's tale about man's futile attempts to control the universe.
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20 editions published between and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,337 libraries worldwide
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33 editions published between and 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,559 libraries worldwide
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10 editions published between and 1998 in English and held by 1,112 libraries worldwide
In this new reprint of the six stories that comprised the 1856 edition of The Piazza Tales, the editors of the acclaimed Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville have used the original magazine versions for five of the six stories in order to present the most accurate texts of these works. Here, in such famous stories as "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and "The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles," we find Melville's imagination and style at its best. Of the less well-known tales, the humor in "The Piazza" and "The Lightning-Rod Man," and the gothic horror of "The Bell Tower," command our careful attention as well.
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8 editions published between and 1997 in English and held by 1,078 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published in in English and held by 898 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 2008 in English and held by 863 libraries worldwide
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19 editions published between and 2004 in English and German and held by 585 libraries worldwide
Publisher's description: Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville's first book, based on his own travels in the South Seas, has been recognized as a classic in the literature of travel and adventure. Although initially rejected as too fantastic to be true, Typee was immensely popular and regarded in Melville's lifetime as his best work. It established his reputation as the literary discoverer of the South Seas and inspired the likes of Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson. Two common sailors jump ship and are held in benign captivity by Polynesian natives. Through the narrator's eyes we see a literate (if romanticized) portrait of the people and their culture presented in vivid, even scientific, detail. Melville's racy style and irreverence toward Christian missionaries caused a scandal, and critics denounced the narrator's suggestion that the native life might be superior to that of modern civilization. An adventure story above all, albeit one with a philosophical bent, Typee is a combination of elements that even early in Melville's career hinted at the towering ambition he would fulfill with Moby-Dick.
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1 edition published in in English and held by 487 libraries worldwide
Vol. 24.
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21 editions published between and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 471 libraries worldwide
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9 editions published between and 1999 in English and held by 450 libraries worldwide
"Melville's second book, Omoo, begins where his first book, Typee, leaves off. As the author described the book, "It embraces adventures in the South Seas (of a totally different character from 'Typee') and includes an eventful cruise in an English Colonial Whaleman (a Sydney Ship) and a comical residence on the island of Tahiti." The popular success of Melville's first book encouraged him to write this sequel, hoping it would be "a fitting successor." Typee describes Polynesian life in its "primitive" state, while Omoo represents it as affected by non-native influences, including the sophisticated lifestyle of sailors in the Pacific." "Walt Whitman found Omoo "the most readable sort of reading" and praised its "good-natured style." But many reviewers doubted Melville's veracity, and some objected to his "raciness" and "indecencies." Some also denounced his criticism of missionary endeavors, for his attacks on missionaries were more polemical than those undertaken in the earlier book. Over the years, however, readers have been charmed by both."--Jacket.
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5 editions published between and 2000 in English and held by 435 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published between and 2002 in English and held by 426 libraries worldwide
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8 editions published between and 1998 in English and held by 421 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published between and 1993 in English and held by 346 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published in in English and held by 343 libraries worldwide
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1 edition published in in English and held by 330 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 1969 in English and held by 309 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published between and 2003 in English and held by 270 libraries worldwide
 
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Moby-Dick: An authoritative text
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English (303)
Undetermined (15)
German (3)
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