Category: Moby Dick

Herman Melville And His Novel Moby Dick In The American Literature Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York. He was the son of a prosperous importer who went bankrupt and died young. He worked in a bank, as an elementary school teacher, and contributed to the local newspaper. He sailed as ships boy to…

Whales As A Matrix For Beauty, Knowledge And Commodity In The Novel Moby Dick Whales are a constant in the seemingly infinite range of topics covered in Herman Melvilles Moby Dick. Moby Dick himself is the figure most often associated with the novel, his image sometimes decorating its front cover, but the descriptions of other…