Moby-Dick：(诺顿美国文学评论版)

ForthisSesquicentennialNortonCriticalEdition,theNorthwestern-NewberrytextofMoby-Dickhasbeengenerouslyfootnotedtoincludedozensofbiographicaldiscoveries,mainlyfromHershelParker'sworkonhistwo-volumebiographyofMelville.Asectionof"WhalingandWhalecraft"featuresproseandgraphicsbyJohnB.Putnam,asampleofcontemporarywhalingengravings,aswellas,newtothisedition,anengravingofTupaiCupa,thereal-lifeinspirationforthecharacterofQueequeg.EvokingMelville’sfascinationwiththefluidityofcategorieslikesavageryandcivilization,theimageofTupaiCupafittinglyintroduces"BeforeMoby-Dick:InternationalControversyoverMelville,"anewsectionthatdocumentstheferocityofreligions,political,andsexualhostilitytowardMelvilleinreactiontohisearlybooks,beginningwithTypeein1846.TheimageofTupaiCupaalsoevokesMelville’sinterestinthemysteryofself-identityandthepossibilityofknowinganotherperson’s"queenlypersonality"(Chapter119).Thattheme(focusedonMelville,Ishmael,andAhab)ispursuedin"AHandfulofCriticalChallenges,"fromWalterE.Bezanson’sclassiccentennialstudythroughHarrisonHayford’smeditationon"Loomings"andrecentessaysbyCamillePagliaandJohnWenke.In"ReviewsandLettersbyMelville,"aletterhasbeenredatedandawealthofnewbiographicalmaterialhasbeenaddedtothefootnotes,notablytoMelville’s"HawthorneandHisMosses.""AnaloguesandSources"retainsclassicpiecesbyJ.N.ReynoldsandOwenChase,aswellasnewfindingsbyGeoffreySanbornandStevenOlsen-Smith.In"ReviewsofMoby-Dick"emphasizestheongoingreligioushostilitytowardMelvilleandhighlightsnewdiscoveries,suchasthefirst-knownScottishreviewofTheWhale."PosthumousPraiseandtheMelvilleRevival:1893-1927"collectsbelated,enthusiasticpraiseupthroughthatofWilliamFaulkner."BiographicalCross-Light"isHershelParker’ssomberlookatwhatwritingMoby-DickcostMelvilleandhisfamily.FromForewordthroughSelectedBibliography,thisSesquicentennialNortonCriticalEditionisuniquelyvaluableasthemostup-to-dateandcomprehensivedocumentarysourceforstudyofMoby-Dick.