The text here is based on Hershel Parker and Harrison Hayford's 1967 edition, footnoted to include biographical discoveries. Reviews, letters by Melville and belated praise is collected, and a wealth of new biographical material has been added, while new research is highlighted. Parker also explores what writing Moby-Dick cost Melville and his family.
| ISBN: | 9780393285000 |
| Publication date: | 9th January 2018 |
| Author: | Herman Melville |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 736 pages |
| Series: | A Norton Critical Edition |
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
