by Herman Melville · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437606545
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This edition from Ediciones Cátedra features three masterpieces by Herman Melville: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener', 'Benito Cereno', and 'Billy Budd'. In these narratives, Melville explores themes of oppression, isolation, and the human condition through characters and situations that operate on multiple literary and philosophical levels. Melville's distinctive style, including the narrator's omniscience, contrasting perspectives, and formal ruptures, combines to create a profound metaphysical inquiry.
Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.
