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| media_type = Print | awards = | isbn = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = Omoo | followed_by = Redburn }} ''Mardi, and a Voyage Thither'' is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. Beginning as a travelogue in the vein of the author's two previous efforts, the adventure story gives way to a romance story, which in its turn gives way to a philosophical quest. ==Overview== ''Mardi'' is Melville's first pure fiction work (while featuring fictional narrators, his previous novels were heavily autobiographical). It details (much like ''Typee'' and ''Omoo)'' the travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific. Unlike the first two, however, ''Mardi'' is highly philosophical and said to be the first work to show Melville's true potential. The tale begins as a simple narrative, but quickly focuses upon discourse between the main characters and their interactions with the different symbolic countries they encounter. While not as cohesive or lengthy as ''Moby-Dick'', it shares a similar writing style as well as many of the same themes. As a preface to ''Mardi'', Melville wrote somewhat ironically that his first two books were nonfiction but disbelieved; by the same pattern he hoped the fiction book would be accepted as fact. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mardi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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