ISBN: 9781539380801

From its publication in 1846, Typee, Herman Melville's first book, was recognized as a classic of travel and adventure literature. Based on the author's own experiences, as well as oral a… Mehr…

From its publication in 1846, Typee, Herman Melville's first book, was recognized as a classic of travel and adventure literature. Based on the author's own experiences, as well as oral and written sources, in the South Seas, Melville's story of two runaway sailors held captive by the Typees is a vivid portrait of Polynesian life. Many readers delighted in its racy scenes, but religious fundamentalists saw to it that criticism of missionaries was expurgated from the American text. Five years later, the religious press took revenge on Moby-Dick when Melville again displayed his persistent skepticism and irreverence and celebrated cultural relativity as he had done in Typee. As Melville's fame declined after the 1850s, readers forgot the old religious denunciations and remembered Typee as the best of his books. Throughout his lifetime, Melville's most famous and popular character was Fayaway. This text of Typee is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America). Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

2016, ISBN: 1539380807

[EAN: 9781539380801], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by A… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781539380801], Neubuch, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American literature & fiction writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and action & adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other books. The title is taken from the province Tai Pi Vai. Typee was Herman Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. He is also the author of the classic book Moby Dick., Books<

ISBN: 9781539380801

Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide-rol… Mehr…

Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide-rolling Pacific-the sky above, the sea around, and nothing else! Weeks and weeks ago our fresh provisions were all exhausted. There is not a sweet potato left; not a single yam. Those glorious bunches of bananas which once decorated our stern and quarter-deck, have, alas, disappeared! and the delicious oranges which hung suspended from our tops and stays-they, too, are gone! Yes, they are all departed, and there is nothing left us but salt-horse and sea-biscuit. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781539380801

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American literature & fiction writer Herman Melville, published first i… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American literature & fiction writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and action & adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other books. The title is taken from the province Tai Pi Vai. Typee was Herman Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. He is also the author of the classic book Moby Dick., Anthologies (non-poetry)<

ISBN: 9781539380801

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American literature & fiction writer Herman Melville, published first i… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American literature & fiction writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and action & adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other books. The title is taken from the province Tai Pi Vai. Typee was Herman Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. He is also the author of the classic book Moby Dick., Contemporary Fiction<