Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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While Herman Melville's earliest success came with his South Seas novels, frothy adventures largely based on the author's own seagoing adventures, even his early works suggest the complex storytelling to come. His classic novel Moby Dick highlights his ability to weave language and metaphor together, creating tales uniting disparate literary forms including allegory and allusion to create multi-faceted tales filled with journalistic detail, comedy, and moral ambiguity. Start with Billy Budd, Foretopman
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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While Herman Melville's earliest success came with his South Seas novels, frothy adventures largely based on the author's own seagoing adventures, even his early works suggest the complex storytelling to come. His classic novel Moby Dick highlights his ability to weave language and metaphor together, creating tales uniting disparate literary forms including allegory and allusion to create multi-faceted tales filled with journalistic detail, comedy, and moral ambiguity. Start with Billy Budd, Foretopman
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