Moby-Dick: A Picture Voyage : An Abridged and Illustrated Edition of the Original Classic - Softcover

Melville, Herman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0932027687 ISBN 13: 9780932027689

Publisher: Spinner Pubns Inc, 2002

Synopsis

"Moby-Dick: A Picture Voyage" is a sweeping pictorial odyssey of the whaling culture wrapped around a very readable and meticulously edited condensation of Melville's classic. Though abridged, the book maintains the drama and continuity of the original novel and is heavily illustrated with more than 200 original photographs and more than 150 paintings, drawings, engravings and artifacts.

The selection of art represents some of the most important 19th-century marine painters and American fine art collections. Many images are drawn from logbooks, journals and scrimshaw belonging to mid-19th century whaler-artists. Rare photographs depict the port of New Bedford, whaling ships, life at sea, whaling methods, and items involved inthe business of whaling, which Melville researched and described in full detail.

The pictures in "Moby Dick: A Picture Voyage" are accompanied by short captions and compendia that feature quotes from the novel, information about the artwork, reflections of Melville's real-life whaling experiences, and biographical anecdotes. The majority of images chosen for the book were obtained from the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the museum's new Kendall Institute, the largest repository of whaling prints and artifacts in the world. Images were also obtained from private collections, rare books, old films and libraries.

"Moby-Dick: A Picture Voyage" will be the first version of the American classic to give readers a colorful look inside the real world of whaling as it was so eloquently described in Melville's own words. Noted Melville historian Laurie Robertson-Lorant, author of Melville: A Biography, has written the Introduction to the book. Editorial consultants include staff and curators at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and Kendall Institute.

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Review:

...It captures the heart and soul of Melville's masterpiece and preserves the integrity and resonance of the text.... -- Laurie Robertson-Lorant, Ph.D., author of Melville: A Biography

Here in this compelling pictorial concordance, Moby-Dick comes alive... -- Stuart M. Frank, Ph.D., Senior Curator, N.B. Whaling Museum, author of Herman Melville's Picture Gallery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Spinner Pubns Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0932027687
• ISBN 13: 9780932027689
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Burt Tamia, Thomas Joseph D., McCabe Marsha L.