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 .
0737704292 (pbk.)
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
Sea stories, American--History and criticism. Executions and executioners in literature. Impressment in literature. Sailors in literature.