Billy Budd, sailor (an inside narrative) /

"Is it the intention of law-makers that good men shall be hung ever?" asked Henry David Thoreau. The question has never been academic, but in 1924, when Herman Melville's Billy Budd was published, we understood it better than ever. A dense and poetic account of the human cost of realp...

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Main Author:	Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 (Author)
Other Authors:	Everton, Michael J. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, [2016]
Series:	Broadview editions.
Subjects:	Executions and executioners > Fiction. Ship captains > Fiction. Impressment > Fiction. Sailors > Fiction.