Name: Herman Melville. A Very Short Introduction
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Author: Maurice S. Lee

portada Herman Melville. A Very Short Introduction

Herman Melville. A Very Short Introduction

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Oxford University Press Inc

Autor

Maurice S. Lee

Colección

Very Short Introductions

Año

2026

N° páginas

160

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

16.5x10.7x0.8 cm

ISBN13

9780197753057

Herman Melville. A Very Short Introduction

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Herman Melville: A Very Short Introduction tells the story of Melville's exciting and tragic life, provides overviews of his minor and major works, outlines critical questions arising from his writings, and offers ways to interpret and enjoy his books. A variety of readers will find value in this accessible introduction to Herman Melville.

Best known as the author of Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville is one of America''s greatest writers. His achievements range from popular novels and experimental fiction to powerful poetry. His works are tragic and funny, impassioned and ironic, obsessed with philosophical seeking and attuned to the details of everyday life. Melville engaged the pressing issues of his day, from economic inequality and the American slavery crisis to the rise of science and the fragility of democracy. He dwelled on timeless questions about loneliness and intimacy, moral and political responsibility, the limits of our knowledge and agency, and the place of human beings within nature and the cosmos. Melville''s life was dramatic, and his career improbable. He was born into privilege, fell into poverty as an adolescent, hunted whales and lived with the Tai Pi people of Polynesia, served in the United States Navy, skyrocketed to fame as a novelist, ruined his career by challenging religious, political, sexual, and artistic conventions, reinvented himself as a poet, and died in relative obscurity just as readers began to appreciate his genius. The scope and diversity of Melville''s literature reflects an artist of restless ambition. Herman Melville: A Very Short Introduction helps readers explore the richness of his work.