Series Editor’s Preface List of illustrations Notes on contributors Introduction Donald Yannella 1 Billy Budd and American labor unrest:the case for striking hack Larry.J. Reynolds 2 Religion, myth, and meaning in the art of Billy Budd, Sailor Gail Coffler 3 Old man Melville: the rose and the cross Robert Milder 4 Melville’s indirection: Billy Budd, the genetic text, and "the deadly space between" John Wenke Select bibliography Index