Readings on Billy Budd / Billy Budd Laura Marvel, book editor. - San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2003. - 186 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literature .

Foreword. - Introduction. - Facts and Fictions: the Man Who Wrote Billy Budd . - Characters and Plot. - Chapter 1: The Plot and Characters of Billy Budd. - Chapter 2: Competing Interpretations of Billy Budd. - Chapter 3: Themes in Billy Budd. - Appendix: Nautical References in Billy Budd. - Chronology. - For Further Research. - Index .

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.


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