Representative Selections

Herman Melville

Introduction. Formative influences ; Melville as artist ; The trilogy : Mardi, Moby-Dick, Pierre ; Melville's poetry ; Melville's social ideas ; Melville's reputation -- Chronological table -- Selected bibliography -- Typee. The head of the valley ; Improvement in health and spirits ; History of a day as usually spent in the Typee Valley ; Preparations for a grand festival in the valley ; The Feast of Calabashes ; The social condition and general character of the Typees ; A professor of the fine arts ; The escape -- Omoo. Some account of the ship ; A glance at Papeetee ; They take us ashore ; The Calabooza Beretanee ; We receive calls at the Hotel de Calabooza ; Life at the Calabooza ; Visit from an old acquaintance ; We are carried before the consul and captain ; The French priests pay their respects ; Little Jule sails without us ; Tahiti as it is ; Tamai ; A dance in the valley...