【精编】美国文学Herman Melville.pptVIP

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Herman Melville 赫尔曼.麦尔维尔 * * Life Born in New York City in 1819 His childhood was happy until he was 11 years old. It was then that his father went bankrupt and subsequently died from overwork, leaving heavy debts behind. He dropped school early and tried all kinds of jobs—banking, farming, clerking and teaching. When all this failed to offer him a decent livelihood, he went to sea * After a few years of sea life, he returned to Boston. These experiences provided him materials for his writings In 1847, he married the daughter of a wealthy chief justice, whic