Editorial Graphic Arts Books
Fecha de edición enero 2021
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781513270067
368 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
Dimensiones 127 mm x 313 mm
White-Jacket (1850) is an adventure novel by American writer Herman Melville.
Based on the authors personal experience as a seaman in the United States Navy--Melville spent fourteen months aboard the USS United States--the novel was both commercially successful and influential for reforming US Naval policy.
Following its publication, and aided by advocacy from journalists and politicians, flogging was banned as a punishment in the navy.
The novel is seen as a precursor to Melvilles masterpiece, Moby-Dick (1851), and is often compared to his posthumous novella Billy Budd (1924).
White-Jacket is the name given to the novels protagonist, a young seaman who embarks on the USS Neversink hoping for brotherhood and adventure.
As he grows accustomed to the duties and indignities of naval life, he becomes the target of ire for most of the crew and officers.
His jacket, the only one of its kind on board, not only causes him to stand out, but is a source of constant danger--insufficient for the cold weather around Cape Horn, difficult to discern from the color of the Neve
x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Herman Mellvillex{0026}lt;/B (Nova York, 1819-1891) ha estat considerat pels estudiosos i la crítica com un dels autors més importants de la literatura universal, un escriptor de fred instint i sorpreses constants a cada pàgina. La seva capacitat narrativa i la profunditat psicològica dels seus personatges en fan un clàssic imprescindible que, malgrat el pas del temps, segueix mantenint la frescor, la lucidesa i la qualitat literària que han seduït generacions de lectors.x{0026}lt;/P
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