Mardi and a Voyage Thither: Volulme Three, Scholarly EditionPresented 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 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aleema Annatoo arms Azzageddi behold Belisarius Bello boat Borabolla Braid-Beard breeze brigantine calabashes calm canoe Chamois Cholos cocoanuts craft cried Babbalanja cried Media cried Mohi cried Yoomy damsels dead demi-god devil Dominora Donjalolo eyes fancy fish forecastle forever gazed glen glided gods gourd groves gunwale hand head heard heart Hivohitee island isle Jarl Juam King Media lagoon land live looked lord Media maiden Maramma Mardi Mardians Marjora merry minstrel Mondoldo monody mortals mouth never night Ohonoo old Bardianna old Mohi Oroolia Pani Parki Peepi philosopher Piko Pilot fish Pimminee prow puff reef round royal sail Samoa seemed sharks Shell Islands ship shore side sight sire soon soul spears strange strangers sweet Taji Tapparians thee things thou thought tree Vee-Vee Viking Vivenza voyage waves whale whence wild Willamilla wine Yillah