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contents: introduction.............................................................................................2 1.1. short biography and life of herman melville............................................4 1.2. writing style and themes of herman melville..........................................9 1.3. the analysis of "moby dick" written by herman melville.....................14 1.4. themes and style of "moby dick"............................................................22 conclusion................................................................................................27 bibliography.............................................................................................29 introduction the actuality of the course work: few writers exist outside of the currents of the times in which they live, and herman melville is no exception. he is clearly a product of his time, which in terms of american literature, is called ths romanticism. romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism, clandestine literature, paganism, idealization of nature, suspicion of science and industrialization, and glorification of the past with a strong preference for the medieval rather than the classical. herman melville was one of the most important figures in the history of american literature. not until the early 20th century was herman melville's novel moby dick first recognized as a …
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nce herman melville had on american literature. in addition to this reason. herman melville's writings influenced america mainly after his death as we discovered the underlying beauty and validity of his literature, developed from his years of experience as a seaman. there are many reasons why herman melville is considered one of the most decorated literary authors of his time. the practical value of the course work: melville borrowed stylistic qualities from renaissance humanists such as thomas browne and robert burton. melville's biographer hershel parker notes that, during the composition of moby-dick, melville read thomas browne, robert burton, and rabelais and adopted not only their poetic and conversational prose styles, but also their skeptical attitudes towards religion. browne's statement "i love to lose my selfe in a mystery to pursue my reason to an ob altitudo" mirrors both in ethos and poetics ishmael's "i love to sail forbidden seas, and …
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melville. during the other paragraphs, i try to discover herman melville one of the greatest writer. in addition, at the end of course work conclusion and bibliography are given. 1.1 short biography and life of herman melville herman melville 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. although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a melville revival, and moby-dick grew to be considered one of the great american novels. melville was born in new york city, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. he took to sea in 1839 as a common …
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se, the confidence man (1857). he moved to new york in 1863, eventually taking a position as a united states customs inspector. from that point, melville focused his creative powers on poetry. battle-pieces and aspects of the war (1866) was his poetic reflection on the moral [footnoteref:1]questions of the american civil war. in 1867, his eldest child malcolm died at home from a self-inflicted gunshot. melville's metaphysical epic clarel: a poem and pilgrimage in the holy land was published in 1876. in 1886, his other son stanwix died of apparent tuberculosis, and melville retired. during his last years, he privately published two volumes of poetry, and left one volume unpublished. the novella billy budd was left unfinished at his death, but was published posthumously in 1924. melville died from cardiovascular disease in 1891. [1: bezanson, walter e. (1953). 'moby-dick: work of art.' reprinted in parker and hayford (2001). p. 41-46 …
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tisfaction in his "double revolutionary descent". major thomas melvill (1751–1832) had taken part in the boston tea party, and melville's maternal grandfather, general peter gansevoort (1749–1812), was famous for having commanded the defense of fort stanwix in new york in 1777. at the turn of the 19th century, major melvill did not send his son allan (herman's father) to college, but instead sent him to france, where he spent two years in paris and learned to speak french fluently. in 1814, allan, who subscribed to his father's unitarianism, married maria gansevoort, who was committed to her family's more strict and biblically oriented dutch reformed version of the calvinist creed. the gansevoorts' severe protestantism ensured that maria was well versed in the bible, in english as well as in dutch, the language that the gansevoorts spoke at home. on august 19, almost three weeks after his birth, herman melville was baptized …

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contents: introduction.............................................................................................2 1.1. short biography and life of herman melville............................................4 1.2. writing style and themes of herman melville..........................................9 1.3. the analysis of "moby dick" written by herman melville.....................14 1.4. themes and style of "moby dick"............................................................22 conclusion................................................................................................27 bibliography.............................................................................................29 introduction the actuality of the course work: few writers exist outside of the currents of the ti...

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