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Examination of Appearances & Professionals in Melville's The Confidence-Man: His MasqueradeDiscussion of Melville's use of passing characters in "The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade."
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Herman Melville Scholarship Headed in the Wrong DirectionCurrent scholarship concerning one of my favorite novels, Moby Dick by Herman Melville seems, like the ship Pequod, to be heading for the bottom of the ocean. -
Melville and Bartleby Take a StandA research paper on Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener
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An Examination of the Literary Character of Ahab in Herman Melville's Moby DickThe 1998 rendition of Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, was a welcomed interpretation on the recognized literature classic.
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Melville's 'The College Colonel'Melville's 'The College Colonel' is one of his Civil War poems, and it speaks clearly against the horrors of war.
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Alternative Punishments in Melville's Billy BuddThis article contains spoilers, so read the story before reading this piece. Is Melville's tale simply an argument against capital punishment, or is it much more?
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Ahab's Obsession in Herman Melville's Moby DickCaptain Ahab is neurotically obsessed with hunting Moby Dick, but not actually insane, in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."
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Two Men in Manhattan (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1959)Two Men in Manhattan is two parts nouvelle vague and one part sordid studio import.
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The Use of Allusions and Metaphors in Melville's Moby Dick and an Analysis of Their MeaningsThis paper explores Melville's use of metaphors and allusions and their meanings, highlighting the way that the literary devices have deepened the text's value and dimension.
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The Frustrations of Herman MelvilleThis essay explores Herman Melville's sad life, especially in relation to "Bartleby, the Scrivener".
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Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe: Writer's Haunted by a Troubled PastNathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe were three writers who both experienced early childhood traumas leading them to use the work of supernatural and sinners in the writing.
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Two Melville Fans Arrested After Beating Joyce Fan in Los Angeles Public LibraryTwo Herman Melville fans were arrested after beating a James Joyce fan in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fight stemmed over which author was better, and which book was better, Moby Dick or Ulysses. -
Similarities Between the Main Characters in Herman Melville's, the Scrivener, and Edgar Allen Poe's the Fall of the House of UsherCompared are similarities between the main characters in Herman Melville's, "The Scrivener", and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
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Injustice is Served: Melville's Right & Wrong in Moby Dick and Billy BuddMelville tells two stories in which the pursuit of so-called justice ends in vast destruction and suffering of the innocent.
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Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Close Examination and AnalysisThis paper is an in-depth analysis of Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener". Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a story about the physical and mental degeneration of a man, an alienation of an individual from his own humanity. It uses six references.
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Billy Budd Sailor by Herman Melville - a Summary, AnalysisAn original summary and analysis of Herman Melville's Billy Budd, including theme, point of view, time period, setting, different from many other sources out there because it is simplistic yet precise.
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Herman Melville BioA look into the life of Herman Melville
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The Movie Star Junkies' Love Letter to MelvilleThe Movie Star Junkies' latest release is a concept album for Herman Melville.
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The Intangibility of Truth, Meaning, and Identity: Conrad, Poe and MelvilleThe authors Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allen Poe all demonstrate the intangibility of truth, meaning, and identity through the experiences of their characters.
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Herman Melville Proclaimed Great American WriterIn 1851 Melville completed his most famous novel, "Moby Dick." It didn't receive much praise or success then, but it's now recognized as one of the great American novels.
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Refutation of Meaning in Herman Melville's Billy Budd, SailorThe two often decided-upon meanings in Billy Budd are analyzed and picked apart, with many examples of critics' reasoning. Then, the author of the essay brings them together and ultimately discards them both.
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The Metaphorical Meaning of Industrialism in Herman Melville's The Tartarus of MaidsMelville's short story takes a bleak look at the destruction Industrialization has had on the human spirit.
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Biography of Herman MelvilleA brief biography of Herman Melville.
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Herman Melville's Bartleby the ScrivenerMany people would argue that Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" was written with a main theme of either Marxism or mortality.
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In the Heart of the Sea: The True Story Behind Melville's Moby-DickA review of Nathaniel Philbrick's story of the whaleship Essex, which is the true story on which Melville based the book Moby-Dick.
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Ambiguity in MelvilleAmbiguity in Melville allows readers to place themselves in the shoes of characters, weigh decisions, and assign blame for wrongdoing.
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Review of James Melville's A Haiku for HanaeBIBLIOGRAPHY Melville, James. A Haiku For Hanae. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989.
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The Nature of Man in Melville's FictionMelville's fiction is fascinating through its multiple themes, both evident and underlying.
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Great American?: An Essay on "Benito Cereno" by Herman MelvilleA review of "Benito Cereno" by Herman Melville which discusses his descriptions of both the Old and New World characters.
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Billy Budd: A Comparison of the Melville Novella and the FilmA comparison of the Melville novella and the film
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Fear, Sex, and Identity in Herman Melville's TypeeAn exploration of the uncanny effects of cannibalism, sex, and tattoing upon postcolonialism generally, and Melville studies specifically.
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Alienation in the Short Fiction of Heman Melville and Nathaniel HawthorneAlthough both short stories focus on men who have are alienated from society, Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil and Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener differ in theme and character motivation. -
Thoughts and Interpretations of Moby Dick by Herman MelvilleAn interpretation of Melville's 'Moby Dick', specifically the relationships between the characters and how their actions define who they are. Also references Emily Dickenson in a relevant context.
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Jean-Pierre Melville's 1966 Crime and Doom Drama, "Le Deuxième Souffle"150 minutes of documentary-style portrayal of French cops and robbers
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Jean-Pierre Melville's "Les Doulos": A Genuinely Dark and Fatalistic Cinema Noir in a Great New Criterion EditionAs confusing as "The Big Sleep," and far more bleak in its view of human nature, "Les Doulos" is dark even for cinema noir
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Three Experiences with Herman Melville's Moby DickMy changing opinions of the arguably "great American novel."
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Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" and the Narrator's Feeble Attempts to Hide His Own GuiltThe ending of the story is nothing more than the narrator's weak attempt at distracting his reader from his own culpability in Bartleby's Death. -
Narrative Structures in Herman Melville's Bartlebyand Franz Kafka's the MetamorphosisA comparison study of the narrative structures as described in two of the great short literary works of their time.
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An Analysis of the Attorney's Change in Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall StreetThis is is an analysis of the Attoreny's Change in "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"
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Travel Narratives in Edgar Allan Poe and Herman MelvilleAn inspection on how two prominent nineteenth-century American authors combined travel-narratives with romantic fiction in order to posit the reader in a similar place as the narrator(s) himself.
