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.
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, who jumped ship with Melville in the Marquesas Islands and is Toby in Typee, pictured in 1846
Melville's desertion from the Acushnet in 1842
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shaw Melville, Melville's wife, in 1885
Melville's home Arrowhead in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Melville depicted in an oil painting, c. 1846–47
Mount Greylock, the highest elevation in Massachusetts, as seen from Melville's writing desk in Pittsfield
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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