Mardi and a Voyage Thither: Volulme Three, Scholarly Edition

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Northwestern University Press, 1970 - Fiction - 729 pages
Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville's first two books had roused incredulity in many readers. Their disbelief, he declared, had been "the main inducement" in altering his plan for his third book, Mardi: and a Voyage Thither (1849). Melville wanted to exploit the "rich poetical material" of Polynesia and also to escape feeling "irked, cramped, & fettered" by a narrative of facts. "I began to feel . . . a longing to plume my pinions for a flight," he told his English publisher.

This scholarly edition aims to present a text as close to the author's intention as surviving evidence permits. Based on collations of all editions publishing during Melville's lifetime, it incorporates author corrections and many emendations made by the present editors. This edition of Mardi is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).
 

Contents

Chapter
15
Chapter
21
Chapter 9
29
Chapter
32
Jarl afflicted with the Lockjaw
35
Chapter
38
Jarls Misgivings
43
Chapter
48
They pass through the Woods
330
They visit the great Morai
335
They visit the Lake of Yammo
343
Mohi tells of one Ravoo and they land to visit Hevaneva
351
Landing to visit Hivohitee the Pontiff they encounter an
358
Taji receives Tidings and Omens
364
They regale themselves with their Pipes
371
They visit an extraordinary old Antiquary
378

Chapter
108
Sire and Sons
113
They fall in with Strangers
125
Remorse
134
Chapter
140
Reminiscences
142
Something under the Surface
148
The Dream begins to fade
158
A Gentleman from the
165
Chapter
168
King Media a Host
171
Mardi by Night and Yillah by
178
An Incognito
186
Yillah a Phantom
193
With a fair Wind at Sunrise they sail
199
How Teeth were regarded in Valapee
205
The Minstrel leads off with a PaddleSong and a Message
213
A Book from the Chronicles of Mohi
219
Advancing deeper into the Vale they encounter Donjalolo
225
A pleasant Place for a Lounge
231
Chapter 79
239
Wherein Babbalanja relates the Adventure of one Karkeke in
245
They visit the Tributary Islets
251
After Dinner
260
Chapter 88
267
Chapter 91 Of King Uhia and his Subjects
275
Of that jolly old Lord Borabolla and that jolly Island of his
285
Chapter 96
294
Marnee Ora Ora Marnee
300
The Iris
309
Chapter 104
316
Maramma
323
Babbalanja quotes from an antique Pagan and earnestly presses
387
Yoomy sings some odd Verses and Babbalanja quotes from
393
Their adventures upon landing at Pimminee
401
A Receptionday at Pimminee
408
Babbalanja regales the Company with some Sandwiches
414
Behind and Before
422
Chapter 139
443
Chapter 141
450
142
452
144
461
146
471
They behold King Bellos State Canoe
481
They sail round an Island without landing and talk round
491
They draw nigh to Porpheero where they behold a terrific Eruption
497
In which Azzageddi seems to use Babbalanja for a Mouthpiece
503
The charming Yoomy sings
509
Wherein Babbalanja comments upon the Speech of Alanno
519
They visit the extreme South of Vivenza
531
Wherein that gallant Gentleman and Demigod King Media
539
King Media dreams
565
A Book from the Ponderings of old Bardianna
574
Chapter 177
582
They visit the palmy King Abrazza
588
They
603
Chapter 182
610
Chapter 185
617
They land
625
Babbalanja relates to them a Vision
632
They meet the Phantoms
640
They enter the Bower of Hautia
647
326
713
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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature. He was the first writer to have his works collected and published by the Library of America.