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Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author)

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 ISBN: 1535353147     ISBN-13: 9781535353144
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $13.54  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism
- History
- Literary Collections
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.00 lbs) 340 pages
 
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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period best known for Typee (1846), a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His work was almost forgotten during his last thirty years. His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style: the vocabulary is rich and original, a strong sense of rhythm infuses the elaborate sentences, the imagery is often mystical or ironic, and the abundance of allusion extends to Scripture, myth, philosophy, literature, and the visual arts.
 
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