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Herman Melville

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.)

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American writer and poet (1819–1891)

Born 1 August 1819
Died 28 September 1891

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  • Cover of: Classic American Short Stories

    First published in 1965 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: World's Great Adventure Stories

    First published in 1929 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition worldsgreatadven0000unse_i5f5 Cover of edition worldsgreatadven0000unse_z8k6
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  • Cover of: Literature: The Human Experience, Reading and Writing

    First published in 2003 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition literaturehumane00bost
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    First published in 1989 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Journal of a visit to London and the Continent, 1849-1850.

    First published in 1948 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition journalofvisitto0000melv_i2b8
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  • Cover of: Poems, containing Battle-pieces, John Marr and other sailors, Timoleon, and Miscellaneous poems

    First published in 1924 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Complete Stories of Herman Melville

    First published in 1949 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

    First published in 1963 5 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition unitedstatesinli00blai Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000walt Cover of edition bwb_O7-DCO-968 Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000robe_m8w1
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    First published in 1999 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Forms of the Novella: Ten Short Novels

    First published in 1981 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition formsofnovellate00rich
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  • Cover of: Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Fishing Stories

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  • Cover of: Selected Poems

    First published in 1942 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition selectedpoems0000melv
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  • Cover of: The Works of Herman Melville: Moby Dick / Billy Budd

    First published in 1984 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition mobydickbillybud00octu
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  • Cover of: Melville: his fifty years of exile ; The piazza tales ; The confidence-man : his masquerade ; Uncollected prose ; Billy Budd, sailor : (an inside narrative)

    First published in 1984 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Billy Budd and The Piazza Tales

    First published in 1961 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The American Short Story: a treasury of the memorable and familiar by the great American writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow

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  • Cover of: John Marr and other sailors, with some sea-pieces

    First published in 1888 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The shapes of fiction: open and closed

    First published in 1970 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition shapesoffictiono00grosuoft
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  • Cover of: Billy Budd: and other stories

    First published in 1911 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition billybuddotherst0000melv
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  • Cover of: The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing

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American writer and poet (1819–1891)

Born 1 August 1819
Died 28 September 1891
Subjects
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 stories
Places
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 house
People
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, Josephine
Time
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 States

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  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
  • Herman Melvile
  • Hermann Melville
  • MELVILLE H.
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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September 12, 2023 Edited by Armin5454 Added new photo
October 14, 2021 Edited by mheiman merge authors
November 21, 2020 Edited by Lisa merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import