"Wallace explores the stylistic and aesthetic affinities of English landscape painter J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) and American novelist Herman Melville, establishing Turner as a decisive …

Herman Melville (born August 1, 1819, New York City—died September 28, 1891, New York City) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet, best known for his novels of the sea, …

Jan 13, 2025 · Herman Melville (1819-1891) was a 19th-century American author of novels, short stories and poetry. He is best known for his novel Moby Dick, published in 1851, and his short …

In search of adventure, the young Melville left his native Massachusetts and joined a whaling expedition to the South Pacific where he fell under the spell of the exotic and promiscuous …

Jul 25, 2000 · Biographical: Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) "Some zealous lovers of the general literature of the age, as well as declared devotees to his own great genius, frequently …

Feb 25, 2025 · Discover the life and achievements of Herman Melville, an acclaimed author known for Moby-Dick. Explore his age, married life, and literary legacy.

During that visit, it was clear to Melville that his novel-writing career was finished. In 1857, after returning to New York still unnoticed by the literary public, he stopped writing fiction. He …

Herman Melville was an American novelist, essayist and poet. He was popular during his early life, but his fame faded later. His materpiece, Moby Dick, was "rediscovered" in the 20th …

Apr 2, 2014 · Celebrated American author Herman Melville wrote 'Moby-Dick' and several other sea-adventure novels before turning to poetry later in his literary career.

Melville was enthralled with the yarns about whaling expeditions and other adventures at sea. In 1839, at the age of twenty, he took to the seas himself, starting off as a cabin boy on the …