In this Issue
Leviathan features a bounty of scholarly articles, notes, reviews, and creative writing of a critical, theoretical, cultural, or historical nature on the impressive body of work of American novelist and poet Herman Melville (1819-1891). Published under the aegis of The Melville Society--one of the oldest single-author societies in the United States--Leviathan includes a regular feature, “Extracts,” for sharing Melville Society transactions and programs as well as abstracts of papers delivered at its annual MLA and ALA panels. Leviathan also regularly publishes special issues, book reviews, interviews, and poems.
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Volume 27, Number 1, March 2025Table of Contents

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View "Best Done by Indirection": Fiction, Reality, and the Romantic Irony of Depravity in Herman Melville's Billy Budd
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View Billy Budd, Sailor: Authorial Agency, Critical Provocation, and the Enduring Challenge of Hayford-Sealts
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View All the Devils Are Here: American Romanticism and Literary Influence by David Greven (review)
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ISSN | 1750-1849 |
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Print ISSN | 1525-6995 |
Launched on MUSE | 2025-05-20 |
Open Access | No |
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