{"product_id":"moby-dick-introduction-by-larzer-ziff-hardcover","title":"Moby-Dick: Introduction by Larzer Ziff - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHerman Melville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLarzer Ziff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e is Herman Melville's great adventure of the sea and the life of the soul, featuring the timeless characters Ishmael, Ahab, and Queequeg, and presented here in a beautiful Everyman's Library hardcover edition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A giant of American literature, Melville is justly honored for the epic sweep of his mind, but his lyricism, his skill in rendering the minute, the particular, and the local was equally sublime. These qualities are on full display in \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, his breathtaking maritime masterpiece of belief, friendship, obsession, and whaling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in the same five-year span as \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter, Walden, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick \u003c\/i\u003estands alone as the ultimate achievement in that stunning period\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand in all of American letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With an introduction by Larzer Ziff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman's Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHERMAN MELVILLE was born in New York City in 1819. When his father died, he was forced to leave school and find work. After passing through some minor clerical jobs, the eighteen-year-old young man shipped out to sea, first on a short cargo trip, then, at twenty-one, on a three-year South Sea whaling venture. From the experiences accumulated on this voyage would come the material for his early books, \u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e (1846) and \u003ci\u003eOmoo\u003c\/i\u003e (1847), as well as for such masterpieces as \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e (1851), \u003ci\u003ePierre\u003c\/i\u003e (1852), \u003ci\u003eThe Piazza Tales \u003c\/i\u003e(1856) and \u003ci\u003eBilly Budd, Sailor, and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (posthumous, 1924). Melville died in 1891. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLARZER ZIFF is a research professor of English at Johns Hopkins University who has written extensively on American literary culture.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 632\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.38 x 8.31 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moby-Dick, Or, the Whale (English)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329841729773,"sku":"9780679405597","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/uiP9lrFuGZ9780679405597.webp?v=1784916629","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/moby-dick-introduction-by-larzer-ziff-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}