This unique anthology gathers together all of Melville's tales, as well as a judiciously edited array of his prose poems, literary criticism, letters, lectures,

From short masterpieces like “Bartleby the Scrivener” and “Billy Budd” to more obscure, even completely unknown works like the epic poem “Clarel,” M

This collection brings together more than fifty of Edgar Allan Poe's most important stories, poems, and critical writings, which established him as one of the m

The present volume analyzes the political project manifested in the narrative poem by Melville 'Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land'. Published in 18

The first critical collection of its kind devoted solely to this subject, this Companion covers both well-known and lesser-known poets.