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3 giorni fa · Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia ; and Billy Budd, Sailor , a posthumously published novella .
30 mag 2024 · 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, including his masterpiece, Moby Dick (1851).
- Herman Melville’s family was descended from Scottish and Dutch settlers of New York and had taken leading roles in the American Revolution and in t...
- Herman Melville was briefly famous in his lifetime as the writer of adventure novels such as Typee and Omoo. Beginning in the early 20th century, M...
- As a young man, Herman Melville worked as a schoolteacher. He then worked on the sea, first as a cabin boy and later as a harpooner on a whaling sh...
1 giu 2024 · Moby Dick is a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby Dick is generally regarded as Melville’s magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels.
- The action of Moby Dick takes place largely on Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, the Pequod, while sailing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
- When Moby Dick was first published, the public was unimpressed. It sold fewer than 4,000 copies in total, including fewer than 600 in the United Ki...
- The whale Moby Dick has been interpreted as a metaphor for a great many things, from the Judeo-Christian God to atheism and everything in between....
- Moby Dick gained recognition as an important American novel in the 1920s, more than half a century after its publication. Its fame subsequently gre...
21 ore fa · I migliori libri di Herman Melville, consulta su QLibri le principali opere con le trame e le recensioni dei lettori con commenti su stile, contenuti e piacevolezza.
23 mag 2024 · Herman Melville. Editore. Casa editrice. Mondadori. Ishmael, narratore e testimone, si imbarca sulla baleniera "Pequod", il cui capitano è Achab. Il capitano ha giurato vendetta a Moby Dick, una immensa balena bianca che, in un viaggio precedente, gli aveva troncato una gamba. Inizia un inseguimento per i mari di tre quarti del mondo.
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5 giorni fa · American novelist, short story writer, and poet, Herman Melville (1819-1891) is best known for his masterpiece Moby-Dick and his shorter works Typee, “Bartleby,” “Benito Cereno,” and “Billy Budd.”
2 giorni fa · Anticipiamo stralci dell’intervento di Roberto Mercadini ospite al Festival della disperazione di Andria (7-16 giugno). Moby Dick di Herman Melville comincia con un errore. La primissima pagina ...
