Blogs about: Herman Melville

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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 »

Tags: Moby Dick, animals, Books, free willy, Gepetto, Jonah, Literature, Natalie Goldberg, pbs

The Moby Dick Project12 comments

norajean wrote 2 days ago:   I visited my college town where I’ll be starting my graduate program in two weeks and the … more »

Tags: Moby Dick, Classics, Literature, Reading, The whale, writing

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 »

Tags: This Modern Love, captain ahab, corinthians, Ishmael, Love, Moby Dick

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 »

Tags: Don DeLillo, Gary Krist, richard powers, Saul Bellow, William Gaddis

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 »

Tags: Books, Project Gutenberg

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 »

Tags: Example Papers, The Maldive Shark, The Maldive Shark analysis, Herman Melville's poems, Herman Melville essay, Herman Melville term paper, Herman Melville research paper, Herman Melville thesis, Herman Melville dissertation

The Classics Challenge3 comments

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 »

Tags: The Classics Challenge, Jane Austen, Moby Dick, Pride and Prejudice, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, String Of Pearls, The Overcoat

At Home With Herman Melville3 comments

brotherhank wrote 2 weeks ago: I bought a book of Herman Melville’s Civil War poetry this afternoon, and wanted to share part … more »

Tags: Life, Poetry, Civil War

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 »

Tags: Conversations, Edinburgh, Samuel Deguara, Basketball, Rafael Nadal, tim henman, Linda Smith, Tennis, GoogleEarth

Local Knowledge Necessary4 comments

planetross wrote 3 weeks ago: It is not down in any map; true places never are.  ~Herman Melville ****************************** … more »

Tags: Thoughts, Travel, Personal, Random Thoughts, Life, Random, Stuff, backpacking, Stephen Crane

On Babo and Black Leadership.2 comments

tychy wrote 1 month ago: Herman Melville’s novella Benito Cereno (1855) observes a meeting between three symbolic leaders - … more »

Tags: Literary Review, American Literature, Literature, Politics, Race, revolution, Slavery, Socialism

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 »

Tags: Alex Itin, led zeppelin, Orson Welles, Orson Whales, Moby Dick, remixed literature, Dolphins, whales, Leviathan

Roundup: Bait and Switch2 comments

Mark Athitakis wrote 1 month ago: (If you’re arriving here from the Readerville Journal, welcome. If you’re not arriving h … more »

Tags: Cormac Mccarthy, Gore Vidal, Joe Meno, Lionel Shriver, Mark Twain, sherwood anderson

The Awakening

kbooks wrote 1 month ago: The Awakening by Kate Chopin First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed criti … more »

Tags: Kindle Edition, eBooks, Desires, Passions, Seduction, American Fiction, Bantam Classics, Self Discovery, short stories by kate chopin

My White Whale: Call Me Ishmael, Yo.6 comments

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 »

Tags: Captain Emo, Fashion, Funny, Wedding Dress, wedding Planning, Cap'n Emo, Good Ship Nuptualus, Julius Bridal, Moby Dick

Gli Idioti 9 comments

rmorresi wrote 1 month ago: di Nadia Agustoni Amare i libri e amare un libro. Questa storia potrebbe iniziare così. Incomincia … more »

Tags: Pensiero, scritture, letture, nadia agustoni, Kazimierz Brandys, Josif Brodskij, Vangeli gnostici, James Joyce, Jack London

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 »

Tags: Kindle Edition, eBooks, LeClue22, Novel, author of moby dick, confidence-man, Canterbury Tales, style group, mississippi river

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 »

Tags: Kindle Edition, eBooks, LeClue22, Novel, author of moby dick, confidence-man, Canterbury Tales, style group, mississippi river

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 »

Tags: Literary sites, arrowhead, Edith Wharton, literary travel, Novel Destinations, Shannon McKenna Schmidt, The Mount


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