Herman Melville

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United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)

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Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. Edward Dahlberg

Herman Melville is a god. ... I cherish what he did. He was a genius. Maurice Sendak

I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case. Jess Walter

1857–1876: Poet Herman Melville, 1861 To repair his faltering finances, Melville was advised by friends to enter what was, for others, the lucrative field of lecturing. Source: Internet

Any tie to the Herman Melville epic novel referenced in the title is tenuous at best, but the array of characters and conflicts described herein ensure that a certain theatricality remains intact. Source: Internet

Also used, especially in the past, in the Northern and Western United States; the first recorded usage is in Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick : "The tails tapering down that way, serve to carry off the water, d'ye see. Source: Internet

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