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The mixture of journalism, history and fiction; the presentation of a sequence of striking characters; the metaphor of a sailing ship as the world in miniature--all of these prefigure his next novel, Moby-Dick. The symbolism of the color white, introduced in this novel in the form of the narrator's jacket, is more fully expanded upon in Moby-Dick, where it becomes an all-encompassing "blankness."
Melville's (best known for his classic whaling novel) White Jacket was first published in 1850 and is considered to be a semi-biographical book, written from Melville's own personal experiences while returning home to the Atlantic Coast from the South Seas with the American Navy on a man-o'-war vessel. In the note preceding the novel, Melville states, "In the year 1843 I shipped as 'ordinary seaman' on board of a United States frigate then lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean. After remaining in this frigate for more than a year, I was discharged from the service . . ."
| ISBN-13 | 9781598180701 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1598180703 |
| Weight | 1.09 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.00 x 0.75 x 9.00 In |
| List Price | $16.95 |
| Format | - |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 336 pages |
| Publisher | Aegypan |
| Published On | 2006-11-01 |
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