Forfatter fødeår: 1819-1891
Ved sin død efterlod den amerikanske forfatter Herman Melville (1819-1891), særligt kendt for den store klassiske roman Moby Dick, et væld af manuskripter. Næsten afsluttet var den roman, der... Læs mere
Moby-Dick brings to life the unrelenting pursuit of the elusive white whale led by the formidable Captain Ahab.
Melville's long poem Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876) was the last full-length book he published. Clarel is one of the most complex theological explorations of faith and doubt in all of American literature, and this edition brings Melville's poem to new life.