Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet who is often classified as part of dark romanticism. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and novella Billy Budd, the latter of which was published posthumously. (Source.)
Herman Melville
×CloseAmerican writer and poet (1819–1891)
Born | 1 August 1819 |
Died | 28 September 1891 |
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Herman Melville
×CloseAmerican writer and poet (1819–1891)
Born | 1 August 1819 |
Died | 28 September 1891 |
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Fiction, Young men, Children's fiction, Psychology, classic literature, Copyists, Securities industry, American literature, short story, Sailors, Classic Literature, Sea stories, Juvenile fiction, short stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Ship captains, History, literature, Executions and executioners, Historical Fiction, Impressment, American Horror tales, Satanism, classics, Horror storiesPlaces
New York, Wall Street, United States, Massachusetts, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mallard residence, England, Araby, Araby bazaar, India, Ireland, Justice of the Peace Court, Missouri, North Richmond Street, Galway, Italy, Padua, University of Padua, Milford meeting housePeople
Bartleby, Cicero, Ginger Nut, John Jacob Astor, Nippers, Turkey, Billy Budd, Edward Fairfax Vere, John Claggart, Devil, Peyton Farquhar, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Ethelred, Homer Barron, Madeline Usher, Mr. Grierson, Roderick Usher, Tobe, Brently Mallard, Fortunato, JosephineTime
19th century, 1600s, 1861-65, Antebellum era, Carnival, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, Civil War, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1835-1845, 20th century, 1783-1865, 1835-45, 1890, Alabama, December, England, Eton College, Owl Creek Bridge, Oxford, Revolution, 1775-1783, Rome, United StatesID Numbers
- OLID: OL29497A
- ISNI: 000000012125135X
- VIAF: 27068555
- Wikidata: Q4985
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q4985
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- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Herman Melvile
- Hermann Melville
- MELVILLE H.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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