Literary Criticism

The Two Intertwined Narratives in Herman Melville's Billy Budd

Name: The Two Intertwined Narratives in Herman Melville's Billy Budd
Author: Stanton Garner
ISBN: 9780773437074

by Stanton Garner

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This book takes a new and decisive look at Melville's final work of prose fiction, Billy Budd, exploring the novel's textual, scholarly and critical history and arguing that Melville created two Billy Budds and that they exist as co-extensive narratives.

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This book takes a new and decisive look at Melville's final work of prose fiction, Billy Budd, exploring the novel's textual, scholarly and critical history and arguing that Melville created two Billy Budds and that they exist as co-extensive narratives.

About the Author

Dr. Garner got his Ph.D in American Literature from Brown University, he had a Fulbright year in Sao Paulo, Brazil, over the years he has taught in Brazil Portugal and the Naval Academy.