Herman Melville
Список книг автора Herman MelvilleBartleby
Melville schildert den Einbruch des Irrationalen in die nüchterne Arbeits- und Geschäftswelt der Wall Street. Bartleby repräsentiert den modernen, einsamen Großstadtmenschen, der nur für seine Arbeit lebt. Die eigentümliche Mischung aus Realismus und Absurdität erinnert an Franz Kafka.
Benito Cereno
Die von einem namenlosen auktorialen Erzähler geschilderten Ereignisse in der Erzählung werden im ersten Teil überwiegend aus der Sicht des amerikanischen Kapitäns Amasa Delano aus Massachusetts dargeboten, der als Kommandeur der Bachelor's Delight, eines großen als Frachtschiff fahrenden Robbenfängers, im Herbst 1799 mit einer wertvollen Ladung im Hafen der unbewohnten Insel St. Maria am südlichen Ende der chilenischen Küste vor Anker liegt, um Wasser zu fassen.
Die Encantadas
Die Encantadas ist eine Novelle des amerikanischen Autors Herman Melville. Es wurde erstmals 1854 in Putnam's Magazine veröffentlicht und besteht aus zehn philosophischen «Skizzen» über die Encantadas oder Galápagos-Inseln. Es wurde 1856 in The Piazza Tales gesammelt. Die Encantadas war ein Erfolg bei den Kritikern und enthält einige von Melvilles «denkwürdigsten Prosa».
Moby Dick
Moby Dick oder der weiße Wal, ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur über die schicksalhafte Fahrt des Walfangschiffes Pequod, dessen Kapitän Ahab mit blindem Hass den weißen Pottwal Moby Dick jagt, der ihm ein Bein abgerissen hat. Der Matrose Ismael reist zur Insel Nantucket, wo er auf der Pequod anheuert, einem bizarr anmutenden Walfänger. Kapitän Ahab lässt sich erst blicken, als das Schiff bereits auf offener See ist und erklärt der Mannschaft in pathetischen Worten das wahre Ziel: Er will Moby Dick, den weißen Wal, jagen und erlegen. Eine abenteuerliche Fahrt beginnt.
Moby-Dick
A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fantastical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel, and a wealth of information on whales and 19th-century whaling, Melville's greatest work presents an imaginative and thrilling picture of life at sea, as well as a portrait of heroic determination. The author's keen powers of observation and firsthand knowledge of shipboard life (he served aboard a whaler himself) were key ingredients in crafting a maritime story that dramatically examines the conflict between man and nature. "A valuable addition to the literature of the day," said American journalist Horace Greeley on the publication of Moby-Dick in 1851 – a classic piece of understatement about a literary classic now considered by many as «the great American novel.» Read and pondered by generations, the novel remains an unsurpassed account of the ultimate human struggle against the indifference of nature and the awful power of fate.
Moby-Dick (Unabridged) + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick
This carefully crafted ebook: «Moby-Dick (Unabridged) + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: first published in 1851, considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge… D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick: Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile which he called his «savage pilgrimage.» Lawrence is now valued by many as a visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in English literature. In his Studies in Classic American Literature, D. H. Lawrence reads Moby Dick as a peculiarly American work. The Pequod, containing «many races, many peoples, many nations, under the Stars and Stripes,» is the ship of America's soul; it can be no accident that the ship is governed by a mad captain embarked upon a fanatic's hunt. Moby Dick is the «deepest blood-being of the white race,» hunted by the «maniacal fanaticism of our white mental consciousness.»
Best of Melville
This carefully crafted ebook: «Best of Melville: Moby-Dick + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick + Typee + The Piazza Tales (The Piazza + Bartleby + Benito Cereno + The Lightning-Rod Man + The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles + The Bell-Tower) + The Confidence-Man» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents: Moby-Dick D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick Typee The Piazza Tales (The Piazza; Bartleby; Benito Cereno; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles; The Bell-Tower) The Confidence-Man Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge. D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile which he called his «savage pilgrimage.» Lawrence is now valued by many as a visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in English literature. Typee is Herman Melville's first book, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842.
The Apple-Tree Table, and Other Sketches
"The Apple-Tree Table, and Other Sketches" by Herman Melville. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.