【American Literature】
《week 10》
《Herman Melville》
Herman Melville: Herman Melville was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Best known for his sea adventure are Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851).
《Moby Dick》
Moby Dick: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville, in which Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the albino sperm whale Moby Dick, which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab’s ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel were a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author’s death in 1891, its reputation grew immensely during the 12th century. D. H. Lawrence called it “one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world,” and “the greatest book of the sea ever written.” Moby-Dick is considered a Great American Novel and an outstanding work of the Romantic period in America and the American Renaissance. “Call me Ishmael” is one of world literature’s most famous opening sentences.
《One Piece –Moby Dick –》
Moby Dick: Moby Dick was the Whitebeard Pirates’ main flagship. Captain is Edward Newgate.
The Moby Dick was a large battle ship with a blue whale figurehead.
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