TY - BOOK AU - Talley,Sharon TI - Student companion to Herman Melville SN - 0313334994 (alk. paper) U1 - 813.3 PY - 2007/// CY - Westport, Conn. PB - Greenwood Press KW - Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. KW - Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General N1 - The life of Herman Melville -- Melville's contributions to American literature -- Early narratives of adventure, romance, and rites of passage : from Typee to White jacket -- "The great art of telling the truth" in Moby-Dick -- The ambiguities of Pierre -- The Piazza tales -- Other magazine tales -- Deconstructing The confidence-man -- Melville as poet: Battle-pieces and Clarel -- Making peace : Billy Budd ER -