Herman Melville |
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Photograph of Herman Melville |
Born | (1819-08-01)August 1, 1819 New York City, New York, United States |
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Died | September 28, 1891(1891-09-28) (aged 72) New York City, New York |
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Occupation | novelist, short story writer, teacher, sailor, lecturer, poet |
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Nationality | American |
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Genre | travelogue, Captivity narrative, Sea story, Gothic Romanticism, Allegory, Tall tale |
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Literary movement | Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, and Skepticism; precursor to Modernism, precursor to absurdism and existentialism |
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