Arvin, Newton.Herman Melville. Grove Press, 2002. Reprint of a biography that won the 1951 National Book Award for nonfiction.
Dillingham, William B.Melville and His Circle: The Last Years. University of Georgia Press, 1996. Focuses on Melville's readings as a reflection of his interests and state of mind.
Dillingham, William B.Melville's Later Novels. University of Georgia Press, 1986. Discussion of Melville's concept of self-knowledge in the novels from Moby Dick to Billy Bud.
Hardwick, Elizabeth.Herman Melville. Viking Penguin, 2000. A clear introduction to Melville's literary genius.
Olson, Charles.Call Me Ishmael. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Reprint of a classic study of Melville's Moby Dick, first published in 1947.
Parker, Hershel.Herman Melville: A Biography. Johns Hopkins University Press, Vol. 1, 1996. Vol. 2, 2002. Comprehensive, scholarly life of the great American writer.
Robertson-Lorant, Laurie.Melville: A Biography. Crown, 1995. An exuberant account of the sailor who became a novelist.
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