Blogs about: Herman Melville
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Summer Reading List: Tales of Adventure
Indulge yourself this summer by taking a fantastic voyage–literary or literally. To help you get started, check out the following tales of adventure. William Vollman’s The Rifles, part of… more »
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Extracts and Extracts
norajean wrote 15 hours ago: Reading these reminds me a bit of reading “Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” tha … more »
The Moby Dick Project
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norajean wrote 2 days ago: I visited my college town where I’ll be starting my graduate program in two weeks and the … more »
Eight
jasonfrankewert wrote 2 days ago: But love lurks where it isn’t wanted. Herman Melville, I believe, tried to keep out of the wor … more »
Best Business Novels?
Mark Athitakis wrote 5 days ago: Last week New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera blogged about his efforts to find a great nov … more »
Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
depatty wrote 1 week ago: Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville - Project Gutenberg Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Mel … more »
An Analysis of Herman Melville's "The Maldive Shark"
Tom Smith wrote 1 week ago: Herman Melville’s “The Maldive Shark” is an analogy of the symbiotic relationship … more »
The Classics Challenge
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thatsthebook wrote 1 week ago: Well, I’m so excited about The Classics Challenge I have a few books that I’ve been wan … more »
At Home With Herman Melville
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brotherhank wrote 2 weeks ago: I bought a book of Herman Melville’s Civil War poetry this afternoon, and wanted to share part … more »
Noctes Ambrosianae (5).
tychy wrote 2 weeks ago: Last night James, Tori, Olaf and myself were smoking outside the Standing Order on George Street. Ja … more »
Local Knowledge Necessary
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planetross wrote 3 weeks ago: It is not down in any map; true places never are. ~Herman Melville ****************************** … more »
On Babo and Black Leadership.
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tychy wrote 1 month ago: Herman Melville’s novella Benito Cereno (1855) observes a meeting between three symbolic leaders - … more »
Another way of reading...
I, Enoch wrote 1 month ago: Orson Whales from Alex Itin on Vimeo. Though universally denominated a dolphin, I nevertheless cal … more »
Roundup: Bait and Switch
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Mark Athitakis wrote 1 month ago: (If you’re arriving here from the Readerville Journal, welcome. If you’re not arriving h … more »
The Awakening
kbooks wrote 1 month ago: The Awakening by Kate Chopin First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed criti … more »
My White Whale: Call Me Ishmael, Yo.
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biscuitdoughjones wrote 1 month ago: Ask any bride what she went through in order to find her dress, and the answer you’ll never … more »
Gli Idioti
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rmorresi wrote 1 month ago: di Nadia Agustoni Amare i libri e amare un libro. Questa storia potrebbe iniziare così. Incomincia … more »
The Confidence-Man
kbooks wrote 2 months ago: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer … more »
The Confidence-Man
kbooks wrote 2 months ago: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer … more »
Edith Wharton's Home Open for the Season
noveldestinations wrote 2 months ago: Edith Wharton’s Berkshires estate, The Mount, opened today for the 2008 season. I plan to visi … more »
