This book explores the writings of Herman Melville across his career and examines the distinctive qualities of his style.

A detailed account of Herman Melville's life during the Civil War, as well as study of his war epic, Battle-Pieces.

In The Value of Herman Melville, Geoffrey Sanborn presents Melville to us neither as a somber purveyor of dark truths nor as an ironist who has outthought us in

Essays on Melville's life & writing here make the case for his centrality both to 19th century writing in America & also to America's understanding of itself.