Herman Melville
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. He is best known for writing Moby-Dick.[1]
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| Born | August 1, 1819 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | September 28, 1891 (aged 72) New York City, New York |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, teacher, sailor, lecturer, poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | travelogue, Captivity narrative, Sea story, Gothic Romanticism, Allegory, Tall tale |
| Literary movement | Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, and Skepticism; precursor to Modernism, precursor to absurdism and existentialism |
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An 1810 portrait of Melville's father, Allan Melvill, by John Rubens Smith, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In Melville's novel Pierre (1852), he fictionalized this portrait as the portrait of Pierre's father.
- Ezra Ames maria gansevoort melvill (mrs. allan melvill) 1947.17.20.jpg
A c. 1815 portrait of Melville's mother Maria Gansevoort Melville by Ezra Ames, now on display at the National Gallery of Art
- Richard Tobias Greene.jpg
Richard Tobias Greene, who jumped ship with Melville in the Marquesas Islands and is Toby in Typee, pictured in 1846
- Melville's Desertion from the Acushnet.png
Melville's desertion from the Acushnet in 1842
- Elizabeth Shaw Melville.jpg
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shaw Melville, Melville's wife, in 1885
- Arrowhead farmhouse Herman Melville.jpg
Melville's home Arrowhead in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Herman Melville, ca. 1846-1847.jpg
Melville depicted in an oil painting, c. 1846–47
- View of Mount Greylock from Melville's writing desk.jpg
Mount Greylock, the highest elevation in Massachusetts, as seen from Melville's writing desk in Pittsfield
- Herman Melville 1885.jpg
The last known image of Melville, a cabinet card by George G. Rockwood in 1885
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References
- ↑ (in en) Herman Melville | Books, Facts, & Biography. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herman-Melville. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
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