Herman Melville
John Bryant is professor of English at Hofstra University. He has published five books on Melville and numerous articles. He has been the general editor of the Melville Society, one of the oldest and largest single-author societies in America, ... [... more]
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Jan Needle
Written by Herman Melville, Edited by Jan Needle, Illustrated by Patrick Benson A tragic tale of obsession and revenge set against the unforgiving sea, Herman Melville's MOBY-DICK has now been expertly edited and generously illustrated for the ... [... more]
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Caleb Crain
A predecessor of both the nativist humor of Mark Twain and the exotic adventure stories of Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Richard Dana, Royall Tyler's The Algerine Captive is an entertaining romp through eighteenth-century society, a ... [... more]
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Rockwell Kent
Written by Herman Melville, Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick and Rockwell Kent First published in 1851, Melville's masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick's words, "the greatest novel in American literature." The saga of Captain Ahab and his ... [... more]
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Herman Melville
Born in New York City in 1819, died in 1891, at which point his work had been largely forgotten. He has since been recognized as one of America's greatest writers. His metaphysical whaling novel, , is one of literature's most enduring works of ... [... more]
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