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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, Volume Two, Scholarly Edition
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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, Volume Two, Scholarly Edition Paperback - 1968 - 1st Edition

by Herman Melville; Harrison Hayford (Editor); G. Thomas Tanselle (Editor)


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Melville's second book, Omoo, begins where his first book, Typee, left off. As the author said, 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 his first novel encouraged Melville to write a 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. This scholarly edition aims to present a text as close to the author's intention as surviving evidence permits. Based on collations of all editions publishing during Melville's lifetime, it incorporates author corrections and many emendations made by the present editors. This edition of Omoo is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).

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  • Title Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, Volume Two, Scholarly Edition
  • Author Herman Melville; Harrison Hayford (Editor); G. Thomas Tanselle (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 381
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Northwestern University Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1968
  • ISBN 9780810101609 / 0810101602
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.1 x 1.14 in (23.44 x 15.49 x 2.90 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 67011991
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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HERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.

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