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Herman Melville: A Biography And Analysis


Throughout American history, very few authors have earned the right to
be called "great." Herman Melville is one of these few. His novels and poems
have been enjoyed world wide for over a century, and he has earned his
reputation as one of the finest American writers of all time. A man of towering
talent, with intellectual and artistic brilliance, and a mind of deep insight
into human motives and behavior, it is certainly a disgrace that his true
greatness was not recognized until nearly a generation after his death.
Born in the city of New York on August 1, 1819, Melville was the third
child and second son of Allan Melvill(it wasn't until Allan's death in 1832 that
the "e" at the end of Melville was added, in order to make a more obvious
connection with the Scottish Melville clan), a wholesale merchant and importer
then living in comfortable economic circumstances, and of Maria Gansevoort
Melvill, only daughter of "the richest man in......

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