Gay Wilson Allen, Melville and His World, Thames & Hudson, 1971.
An introduction to Melville's life and times.
Newton Arvin, Herman Melville, Methuen, 1950.
A psychological, Freudian study of Melville that makes much of his relationship with his mother.
James Barbour, "The Composition of Moby-Dick," in On Melville: The Best from American Literature, edited by Louis J. Budd and Edwin Cady, Duke University Press, 1988, pp. 203-20.
An up-to-date critical approach to Melville's technique as a novelist.
Harold Bloom, introduction to Herman Melville's Moby- Dick, Chelsea House, 1986.
An overview of the novel and introduction to excerpts from important critical essays.
Harold Bloom, editor, Ahab, Chelsea House, 1991.
A collection of essays and critical extracts.
Paul Brodtkorb Jr., "Ishmael: The Nature and Forms of Deception," in Herman Melville, edited by Harold.....
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