American writers series

10 stories: [Berenice]( [Cask of Amontillado]( [Eleonora]( [Fall of the House of Usher]( Gold-Bug [Landor's Cottage]( Ligeia Ms Found in a Bottle Murders of the Rue Morgue [Pit and the Pendulum]( 36 poems: Tamerlane Song-"I saw thee on thy bridal day" Dreams Evening star A dream within a dream The happiest day, the happiest hour The lake: to -- Sonnet- to science Al Aaraaf Romance Alone To Helen- "Helen, they beauty is to me" Israfel The city in the sea The sleeper Lenore The coliseum To one in paradise Hymn To F -- To F -- s S.O -d Bridal ballad The haunted palace Sonnet -- silence The conqueror worm Dream-land [Raven]( A valentine To M.L. S- Ulalume- a ballad The bells To Helen- "I saw thee once -once only- years ago" Eldorado For Annie To my mother [Annabel Lee]( Criticism Letter to Mr. -- -- Drake and Halleck Tortesa, the usurer Undine: a miniature romance Voices of the night Night and morning Macaulay's essays Barnaby Rudge Ballads and other poems Twice-told tales The philosophy of composition The poetic principle From "Marginalia". Philosophy. The colloquy of Monos and Una From "Eureka."

Describes the life of the author who came to value the natural world and whose writings have influenced and inspired others concerning nature.

Introduction. Formative influences ; Melville as artist ; The trilogy : Mardi, Moby-Dick, Pierre ; Melville's poetry ; Melville's social ideas ; Melville's reputation -- Chronological table -- Selected bibliography -- Typee. The head of the valley ; Improvement in health and spirits ; History of a day as usually spent in the Typee Valley ; Preparations for a grand festival in the valley ; The Feast of Calabashes ; The social condition and general character of the Typees ; A professor of the fine arts ; The escape -- Omoo. Some account of the ship ; A glance at Papeetee ; They take us ashore ; The Calabooza Beretanee ; We receive calls at the Hotel de Calabooza ; Life at the Calabooza ; Visit from an old acquaintance ; We are carried before the consul and captain ; The French priests pay their respects ; Little Jule sails without us ; Tahiti as it is ; Tamai ; A dance in the valley ; A dealer in the contraband ; Queen Pomaree ; We visit the court ; Which ends the book -- Mardi. Chiefly of King Bello ; Dominora and Vivenza ; They land at Dominora ; Through Dominora, they wander after Yillah ; They visit the great central temple of Vivenza ; They hearken unto a voice from the gods ; They visit the extreme south of Vivenza -- White-Jacket. Jack Chase ; Jack Chase on a Spanish quarter-deck ; A flogging ; Some of the evil effects of flogging ; The surgeon of the fleet ; A consultation of man-of-war surgeons ; The operation ; White-Jacket arraigned at the mast ; The last of the Jacket -- Moby-Dick. Knights and squires ; Knights and squires ; Ahab ; The quarter-deck ; Moby Dick ; The whiteness of the whale ; Cutting in ; The blanket ; The funeral ; The grand armada ; The candles ; The Pequod meets The Rachel ; The symphony ; The chase : first day ; The chase : second day ; The chase : third day ; Epilogue -- Criticism. Browne's Etchings of a whaling cruise and Ringbolt's Sailor's life and sailor's yarns ; "Hawthorne and his mosses" -- Poems. To Daniel Shepherd ; From Battle-pieces (The portent ; Lyon ; A utilitarian view of the Monitor's flight ; Malvern Hill ; Sheridan at Cedar Creek ; On the grave of a young cavalry officer ; A requiem ; A meditation) ; From John Marr and other sailors (John Marr ; Far off-shore ; The enviable isles) ; From Timoleon (After the pleasure party ; Lone founts ; Art ; The age of the Antonines ; The great pyramid) -- Letters.

This volumes contains the major writings of Thomas Paine, as well as a biographical chronology of Paine's life. The comprehensive introductory chapter by editor Harry Hayden Clark is a valuable synthesis of Paine's principles and the origins of his thinking. Clark's introduction could stand on its own as a sympathetic evaluation of Paine's contributions to moral philosophy, political theory, and political economy.