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John Marr And Other Sailors
''John Marr and Other Sailors'' is a volume of poetry published by Herman Melville in 1888. Melville published twenty-five copies at his own expense, indicating that they were intended for family and friends. Henry Chapin wrote in an introduction to a reprint that "Melville's loveable freshness of personality is everywhere in evidence, in the voice of a true poet".Chapin, Henry. Introduction ''John Marr & Other Poems''. Kindle ebook ASIN B0084B7NOC The "Inscription Epistolary" is to William Clark Russell, a British sea-story author who called Melville "the greatest genius the nited Stateshas produced" and "first" among the "poets of the deep". Like ''Timoleon'', his other volume of late verse, scholars have assumed that it was a "private work of art", symptomatic of his withdrawal from the literary world. Melville was putting this collection together as he was also drafting '' Billy Budd'', which, like several poems in this collection, had prose headnotes followed by full poems. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Melville
Herman Melville (Name change, born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American people, American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and ''Billy Budd, Billy Budd, Sailor'', a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a #Melville revival and Melville studies, Melville revival, and ''Moby-Dick'' grew to be considered one of the great American novels. Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. He took to sea in 1839 as a common sailor on a merchant ship and then on the whaler ''Acushnet'', but he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. ''Typee'', his first b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Clark Russell
William Clark Russell (24 February 18448 November 1911) was an English writer best known for his nautical novels. At the age of 13 Russell joined the United Kingdom's Merchant Navy (United Kingdom), Merchant Navy, serving for eight years. The hardships of life at sea damaged his health permanently, but provided him with material for a career as a writer. He wrote short stories, press articles, historical essays, biographies and a book of verse, but was known best for his novels, most of which were about life at sea. He maintained a simultaneous career as a journalist, principally as a columnist on nautical subjects for ''The Daily Telegraph''. Russell campaigned for better conditions for merchant seamen, and his work influenced reforms approved by Parliament to prevent unscrupulous ship-owners from exploiting their crews. His influence in this respect was acknowledged by the future George V of the United Kingdom, King George V. Among Russell's contemporary admirers were Herman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timoleon (poems)
''Timoleon'' (full title: ''Timoleon and Other Ventures in Minor Verse'') is a collection of forty-two poems by American writer Herman Melville. It was privately published in May 1891, four months before the author's death.Delbanco, p. 289. Printed by the Caxton Press in an edition of 25 copies, it was the last work by the author published during his life. Background In the spring of 1891, Melville prepared a collection of poems for press, with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth.Howard, p. 332. The volume consisted of old and new poems which reflected the author's meditations on his old age. Melville dedicated the book to American artist Elihu Vedder in honor of his admiration of Vedder's painting ''Jane Jackson, Formerly a Slave''.Gale, 450. Contents * "Timoleon" * "After the Pleasure Party" * "The Night March" * "The Ravaged Villa" * "The Margrave's Birthnight" * "Magian Wine" * "The Garden of Metrodorus" * "The New Zealot to the Sun" * "The Weaver" * "Lamia's Song" * "In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Budd
''Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)'' is a novella by American writer Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891. Acclaimed by critics as a masterpiece when a hastily transcribed version was finally published in 1924, it quickly took its place as a classic second only to ''Moby-Dick'' among Melville's works. Billy Budd is a "handsome sailor" who strikes and inadvertently kills his false accuser, Master-at-arms John Claggart. The ship's Captain, Edward Vere, recognizes Billy's lack of intent, but claims that the law of mutiny requires him to sentence Billy to be hanged. Melville began work on the novella in November 1886, revising and expanding it from time to time, but he left the manuscript in disarray. Melville's widow Elizabeth began to edit the manuscript for publication, but was not able to discern her husband's intentions at key points, even as to the book's title. Raymond M. Weaver, Melville's first biographer, was given the manuscript and published t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
