Herman Melville

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title: Herman Melville
text: 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. At the time of his death, Melville was no longer well known to the public, but the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick eventually would be considered one of the great
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description: American writer and poet (1819–1891)
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date created: 2001-09-24T04:36:54Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T05:07:47Z
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