Typee - Herman Melville - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780192823076 - September 26, 1996
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"Typee" is the first "romance" of the South Seas, a semi-autobiographical account of life in the Marquesas Islands in the 1840s. A blend of personal experience and the narratives of explorers and missionaries, it influenced many later writers on the Pacific, including Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London. Melville himself deserted a whaling ship in the islands and lived for four weeks among the inhabitants, observing and recording their way of life. Typee points up the wonders, the dilemmas, and the "fatal impact" of European encounters with the peoples of the Pacific. This edition offers an introduction that considers the book from a post-colonial perspective, and detailed annotation of Melville's allusions.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 26, 1996
ISBN13 9780192823076
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 386
Dimensions 110 × 180 × 19 mm   ·   199 g
Language English  

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