Print version: Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw. Cannibal old me : spoken sources in Melville’s early works. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2009] xxii, 252 pages ISBN 9781606351406
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index
Introduction -- "Where the wild things are" : questioning Typee --"Six months at sea! Yes, reader, as I live" : sailor talk -- "They say they don’t like sailor’s flesh, it’s too salt" : cannibal talk -- "Their gestures shame the very brutes" : missionary talk -- "Cannibal old me" : the development of Melville’s narrative voice.