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Herman Melville Term Papers

Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet.

Herman Melville's first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously after only a few years.

By the time of Herman Melville's death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his longest novel, Moby-Dick — largely considered a failure during his lifetime, and most responsible for Melville's fall from favor with the reading public — was recognized in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature."

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