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Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Herman Melville's Typee is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846.
This Classroom Edition of Melville's classic first novel contains questions for discussion (appearing approximately after every fifth chapter) to help students with reading comprehension, critical thinking, and a close reading of the text.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846.
Initially regarded as a travel narrative, the novel is based on Melville's month long adventure as a guest-captive of the Typee people.
Throughout his lifetime, Melville's most famous and popular character was Fayaway. This text of Typee is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America). Book jacket.
This edition offers an introduction that considers the book from a post-colonial perspective, and detailed annotation of Melville's allusions.
Based on Melville's actual experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, this work was extremely popular, and provoked disbelief among its readers until the events it described were corroborated by Melville's fellow ...