Romances of Herman Melville Vol. 2

<p>his volume collects four of Melville's major prose works each exploring a different facet of human struggle through maritime life. From the epic pursuit in <em>Moby-Dick</em> to the institutional realities of <em>White-Jacket</em> the exile of <em>Israel Potter</em> and the youthful awakening in <em>Redburn</em> these novels interrogate honor alienation and the American ideal. Together they form a penetrating portrait of the individual adrift in a vast and shifting world.</p>