Hayford and Sealts's text was the first accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated, and packaged with a history of the text and perspectives for its criticism, this edition will remain the definitive version of a profoundly suggestive story.The texts are impeccably accurate. . . . The collection is accompanied by an unobtrusive but expert annotation. . . . Probably Melville's finest short work, the incomplete 'Billy Budd, ' [is] a striking reworking of the crucifixion set in the English maritime service of the Revolutionary period.--John Sutherland, The Los Angeles Times
- ISBN10 0780796217
- ISBN13 9780780796218
- Publish Date 1 May 1992 (first published 1 January 1948)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 September 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Perfection Learning
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Language English