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13 de jun. de 2024 · Moby Dick es una novela del escritor norteamericano Herman Melville, publicada en el año 1851, y convertida hoy en un clásico de la literatura occidental. Cuenta la historia del barco ballenero Pequod, a cargo del capitán Ahab, decidido a cobrar venganza contra una legendaria ballena blanca conocida como Moby Dick.
3 de jun. de 2024 · Moby Dick es una obra maestra, pero su autor nunca se enteró. Lo que hoy consideramos un triunfo literario sin parangón fue en su día un fracaso comercial, y sólo cierto sector de la crítica supo...
1 de jun. de 2024 · Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. Moby Dick is generally regarded as Melville’s magnum opus and one of the greatest American novels.
- Moby Dick is a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The...
- The action of Moby Dick takes place largely on Captain Ahab’s whaling ship, the Pequod, while sailing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
- When Moby Dick was first published, the public was unimpressed. It sold fewer than 4,000 copies in total, including fewer than 600 in the United Ki...
- The whale Moby Dick has been interpreted as a metaphor for a great many things, from the Judeo-Christian God to atheism and everything in between....
- Moby Dick gained recognition as an important American novel in the 1920s, more than half a century after its publication. Its fame subsequently gre...
30 de may. de 2024 · Herman Melville (born August 1, 1819, New York City—died September 28, 1891, New York City) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet, best known for his novels of the sea, including his masterpiece, Moby Dick (1851).
- Herman Melville’s family was descended from Scottish and Dutch settlers of New York and had taken leading roles in the American Revolution and in t...
- Herman Melville was briefly famous in his lifetime as the writer of adventure novels such as Typee and Omoo. Beginning in the early 20th century, M...
- As a young man, Herman Melville worked as a schoolteacher. He then worked on the sea, first as a cabin boy and later as a harpooner on a whaling sh...
Hace 3 horas · “Moby-Dick; or, The Whale,” published in 1851, has been called “a beast of a book.” Certainly its length and breadth embody the immensity of the title character. Melville’s ink is its blood.
1 de jun. de 2024 · Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick is the first exhibition focused on the book arts of the hundreds of editions published since 1851: the illustrations, binding designs, typography and even the physical structures.
30 de may. de 2024 · Melville’s novel was published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in America as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (see Researcher’s Note). It brought its author neither acclaim nor reward. Basically its story is simple. Captain Ahab pursues the white whale, Moby Dick, which finally kills him.
