Hanging with Billy Budd

By William Russo & Jan Merlin

Billy Budd was published posthumously, but before he died Herman Melville tried to write the work as a poem, a short story, and a novella. After its publication in the 1920s, writers began adapting it to stage, to opera, for television and radio. Later it became a Broadway rock musical, then a ballet. This book traces the many manifestations of Billy Budd in art, film, and music.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475224419
• ISBN13: 9781475224412
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 7.0"