An Introduction to the Life and Literature by Herman Melville (1656 words, 7 pages)
Melville, Herman (1819-91), American novelist, a major literary figure whoseexploration of psychological and metaphysical themes foreshadowed 20th-centuryliterary concerns but whose works remained in obscurity until the 1920s, whenhis genius was finally recognized. Melville was born August 1, 1819, in New YorkCity, into a family that had declined in the world. ...
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