hermanmelville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); ...

There is more than one author with this name. Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained ...

In a time of threatened mutiny he is hanged, going willingly to his fate. Evil has not wholly triumphed, and Billy's memory lives on as an emblem of good. Here ...

2014年4月2日 — Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. He worked as a crew member on several vessels beginning in 1839, his experiences spawning ...

2019年7月22日 — Herman Melville seems to have got the idea to write a novel about a mad hunt for a fearsome whale during an ocean voyage, but he wrote most ...

2024年1月2日 — Herman Melville, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet, best known for his masterpiece, Moby Dick (1851).

The story centers around the narrator Ishmael, a sailor on the whaleship Pequod. The ship captain, Ahab, has lost his leg to Moby Dick on a previous expedition, ...

Parker, Hershel. Herman Melville: A Biography. Volume II, 1851–1891. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-8018-8186-2. Renker, Elizabeth.