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The Life and Works of Herman Melville (last revised July 2000) Works by Herman Melville at Project Gutenberg; The Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville Archived 2018-10-24 at the Wayback Machine – All of Melville's writings published with extensive notes and commentary; A Checklist Of Herman Melville's First and ...
The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles", is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical "Sketches" on the Galápagos Islands , then frequently known as the "Enchanted Islands" ( Spanish : Islas Encantadas ) from the treacherous winds and currents around them.
Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] 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.
Redburn: His First Voyage [1] is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. Melville wrote Redburn in less than ten weeks.
Pages in category "Novels by Herman Melville" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Billy Budd; C.
In the Preface to Omoo, Melville claimed the book was autobiographical, written "from simple recollection" of some of his experiences in the Pacific in the 1840s and strengthened by his retelling the story many times before family and friends. But scholar Charles Roberts Anderson, working in the late 1930s, discovered that Melville had not ...
Category: Works by Herman Melville. 9 languages. ... Novels by Herman Melville (1 C, 11 P) P. Poetry by Herman Melville (3 P) S. Short stories by Herman Melville (5 P)
White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. [1] The book is based on the author's fourteen months' service in the United States Navy, aboard the frigate USS Neversink (actually USS United States).