Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "Where the Wild Things Are": Questioning Typee; 2. "Six Months at Sea! Yes, Reader, as I Live": Sailor Talk; 3. "They Say They Don't Like Sailor's Flesh, It's Too Salt": Cannibal Talk; 4. "Their Gestures Shame the Very Brutes": Missionary Talk; 5. "Cannibal Old Me": The Development of Melville's Narrative Voice; Notes; Works Cited; Index