Herman Melville

John Bryant is professor of English at Hofstra University. He has published five books on Melville and numerous
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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
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A predecessor of both the nativist humor of Mark Twain and the exotic adventure stories of Washington Irving, Herman
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Written by Herman Melville, Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick and Rockwell Kent First published in 1851, Melville's
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Born in New York City in 1819, died in 1891, at which point his work had been largely forgotten. He has since been
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