Herman Melville 梅尔维尔 (1819—1891).pptVIP

Herman Melville Teaching Objectives Melville’s Life and Main Works Melville’s masterpiece Moby Dick The Main Plot, Major characters, theme, Symbols Social significance of Moby Dick Life Experience born on August 1, 1819 in New York City into an established merchant family, the third of 8 children. His father became bankrupt and insane, dying when Melville was 12. His sea experiences and adventures furnished him with abundant materials, and resulted in five novels that brought him wide fame as a writer of sea stories. In 1850, he met Hawthorne and they became good friends. He read Hawthor