Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most of his writings were published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his sea adventure Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851), he was almost forgotten during the last thirty years of his life. Melville's writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. The main characteristic of his style is probably pervasive allusion, reflecting his written sources. Melville's way of adapting what he read for his own new purposes, scholar Stanley T. Williams wrote, "was a transforming power comparable to Shakespeare's".

Mídia	Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado	9 de janeiro de 2016
ISBN13	9781523324859
Editoras	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Páginas	178
Dimensões	216 × 280 × 10 mm · 426 g
Idioma	English

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