Melville, Herman

1 August 1819 - 28 September 1891

American author best known, of course, for Moby-Dick, a whale-hunting yarn that reaches into the dark Gothic depths of the psyche.

Sites:
The Life and Works of Herman Melville
Includes biograpical information and e-texts. [J. Madden]
Herman Melville page
Lots of links. [Donna Campbell, Washington State U]
Biographical essay
[A. Robert Lee, Nihon U; Literary Encyclopedia]
Herman Melville
Biograpical note/overview. [Andreas Teuber]
Biographical note
[Wikipedia]
Biographical note
[The Authors Calendar]
Brief biographical note/fan appreciation
[Keith Parkins]
Brief biographical note
[John W. Cousins, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, 1910]
  
Herman Melville page
Several bibliographies plus brief assessments and study questions. [Perspectives in American Literature, Paul P. Reuben, Cal State Stanislaus]
Melville Hyper-Concordance
Part of the The Victorian Literary Studies Archive, this concordance allows you to search etexts of several of Melville's works, including Moby-Dick.
Herman Melville's Arrowhead
The site that shows you around Herman Melville's home (from 1850-1863).


Etexts:
"Bartleby the Scrivener" (118K)
at Project Bartleby, appropriately enough
"The Bell-Tower" [August 1855]  (34K)
 [Melville.org]
"The Lightning-Rod Man" [August 1854]  (16K)
[Melville.org]
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Moby Dick
- at Princeton U (Table of Contents)
- at Literature Network (TofC)
- at Project Gutenberg [zipped file; 590K]
- at Project Gutenberg: audio version [computer-generated voice, so keep expectations low] - at Moby-Dick The Whale Table of Contents[Wade Pinder]


Books:
For "Bartleby the Scrivener, a story of Wall Street" and more, check out this edition of Melville's shorter works: click for more info from amazon.com
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Essays and Reviews:
[Melville and the Mystery Tradition]
[A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection, Michael E. Grost]
"Collecting Herman Melville"
by William Reese. A wide-ranging discussion of collecting Melville books.


Discussion:
ISHMAIL-L.
Discussion list for all things Melville, sponsored by the Melville Society: mailserv@vaxc.hofstra.edu

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