| Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810117657 ISBN-13: 9780810117655 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99041391 |
| Series: Melville |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.61" W x 8.54" (0.85 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Melville's second book, Omoo, begins where his first book, Typee, left off. As the author said, It embraces adventures in the South Seas (of a totally different character from 'Typee') and includes an eventful cruise in an English Colonial Whaleman (a Sydney Ship) and a comical residence on the island of Tahiti. The popular success of his first novel encouraged Melville to write a sequel, hoping it would be a fitting successor. Typee describes Polynesian life in its primitive state, while Omoo represents it as affected by non-native influences. Whitman praised its good-natured style. But many reviewers doubted Melville's veracity, and some objected to his raciness and indecencies. Some also denounced his criticism of missionary endeavors, for his attacks on missionaries were more polemical than those undertaken in the earlier book. Omoo, however, influenced later visitors to Tahiti such as Pierre Loti, Henry Adams, John La Farge, and Jack London; it was the book that sent Robert Louis Stevenson to the South Seas. |