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Excerpts

Unless otherwise noted, the Melville texts excerpted throughout this Site are those of the Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville, edited by Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G.

Thomas Tanselle, published by the Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library, and reprinted in the Library of America Series.

TEXTS NOT EXCERPTED FROM THE NORTHWESTERN-NEWBERRY SERIES:

• Battle Pieces, Clarel, John Marr, and Timoleon: The standard edition of the works of Herman Melville in sixteen volumes, reissued 1963 by Russell & Russell Inc., New York.

• Billy Budd, Sailor: Text edited by Harrison Hayford and Merton M. Sealts, Jr., published by the University of Chicago Press in 1962, reprinted in the Library of America Series.

Publishing Histories

In preparing the short publishing histories of Melville's works, the following were particularly helpful:

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  Thomas Tanselle's "Chronology," and Tanselle's and Ha