Drawn from Melville's own adolescent experience aboard a merchant ship, Redburn tells the story of Wellingborough Redburn, whose innocence is transformed into d

Melville's allusions to works of art embellish his poems and novels. In this study, his use of the art analogy as a literary technique is traced, along with the

This book concerns a young British sailor and his first experiences at sea.

With alphabetical indexes of firms and trade specialties.