Herman Melville | Books, Facts, & Biography | Britannica
2024年9月24日 · Herman Melville (born August 1, 1819, New York City—died September 28, 1891, New York City) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet, best known for his novels of the sea, including his masterpiece, Moby Dick (1851).
Herman Melville - Books, Quotes & Moby Dick - Biography
2014年4月2日 · Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. He worked as a crew member on several vessels beginning in 1839, his experiences spawning his successful early novels Typee (1846) and Omoo...
Herman Melville - Wikipedia
Early life and education. [] An 1810 portrait of Melville's father, Allan Melvill (1782–1832), 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.
The Life of Herman Melville | American Experience | PBS
This new based-on-a-true-story status coupled with Americans' high interest in maritime adventures, helped Typee sell over 6,000 copies in two years when it was published in the U.S. In the midst...
Biography of Herman Melville, American Novelist - ThoughtCo
2020年3月31日 · Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American writer. A consummate adventurer, Melville wrote about ocean voyages with rigorous detail. His most famous work, Moby-Dick, was unappreciated during his lifetime, but has since come to the fore as one of America’s greatest novels.
Herman Melville Biography, Works, and Quotes - SparkNotes
Armed with the voluminous knowledge obtained from constant reading while at sea, Melville wrote a series of novels detailing his adventures and his philosophy of life. Typee and Omoo were followed Mardi and a Voyage Thither (1849), another novel about his Polynesian experiences.
About Herman Melville - Academy of American Poets
Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, and raised in upstate New York. After his merchant father, Allan, died, leaving the family in penury, Melville attempted to support his family by working various jobs, from banking to teaching school.
赫尔曼·梅尔维尔 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
赫爾曼·梅爾維爾（ Herman Melville ，1819年8月1日—1891年9月28日）是美国 小说家、散文家和诗人，也擔任過水手、教師，最著名的作品是《白鯨記》。其作品《泰皮》（Typee）獲得社會大眾相當多的注意，成為暢銷書，他也籍此在19世紀40年代後期快速取得文學上的 ...
Herman Melville Biography - CliffsNotes
In January 1841, Melville's life took a significant turn as he sailed as a crew member on the American whaler Acushnet, taking the Cape Horn (southern tip of South America) route to the Pacific Ocean and the Marquesas Islands. There, in the summer of 1842, he and a friend jumped ship in response to the wretched conditions on board and the ...
‘Abnormal, as Most Geniuses Are’: Celebrating 200 Years of Herman Melville
2019年8月1日 · When Herman Melville died in 1891, The New York Times barely noted it, listing his obituary after a civil engineer, “the best known criminal lawyer in Connecticut” and “the oldest resident ...