{"product_id":"9780393976410","title":"Melville's Short Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollected in this volume are Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd—presented in the best texts available, those published during Melville's lifetime and corrected by the author.\u003cbr\u003eEach text has been carefully edited and annotated for student readers.\u003cbr\u003eAs his writing reflects, Melville was extraordinarily well read. \"Contexts\" collects important sources for each novel, including writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amasa Delano, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.\u003cbr\u003e\"Criticism\" includes twenty-eight essays about the novels sure to promote classroom discussion. Contributors include Leo Marx, Elizabeth Hardwick, Frederick Busch, Robert Lowell, Herschel Parker, Carolyn L. Karcher, Thomas Mann, and Hannah Arendt.\u003cbr\u003eA Selected Bibliography is included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021012091120,"sku":"9780393976410","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393976410_p0.jpg?v=1763697861","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393976410","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}