Herman Melville (1819-1891):

Works (Hendricks House, 1948-1969; Northwestern-Newberry, 16 v., gen. ed. Harrison Hayford, 1968--)
Letters (Merrell R Davis and Willam Gilman, 1960)
Contemporary views: Poe (reviews), Lowell (Fable for Critics), Melville (Hawthorne and His Mosses)
Life: Raymond Weaver (1921), Leon Howard (1951), Jay Leyda [Melville Lo g], 1951, 1969)
Editions: Moby Dick, Norton Criticval (Hayford, 1967). M-D as Doubloon (Herschel Parker, 1970); Confidence Man, Norton Critical (Parker, 1971)
Bibliography: Nathalia Wright in Eight American Authors, rev James Woodress, 1971; also American Literary Scholarship, 1963--
Journal: Extracts (Melville Society)
Recent Trends: Gender studies, including views of feminism, masculinity, domesticity; race and slavery; imperialism and colonialism
Anthologies: selections of letters, poems
Little read works: early novels (Typee, Omoo, Mardi, White Jacket, Redburn), late novels (Pierre, Confidence Man, Israel Potter), poetry, journals

texts online
"Hawthorne and His Mosses"

"The Two Temples"

Passages omitted from Parker Pierre

Spring 1998 postings to ISHMAIL

Fall 1999 "Bartleby" postings to ISHMAIL

John Bryant Nov 1999 postings to ISHMAIL