Download or read book Slavish Shore written by Jeffrey L. Amestoy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. sailed to California as a common seaman. His account of the voyage, Two Years Before the Mast, quickly became an American classic. But literary acclaim could not erase the young lawyer’s memory of the brutal floggings he had witnessed aboard ship or undermine the vow he had made to combat injustice. In Slavish Shore, Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana’s unflagging determination to keep that vow in the face of nineteenth-century America’s most exclusive establishment: the Boston society in which he had been born and bred. The drama of Dana’s life arises from the unresolved tension between the Brahmin he was expected to be on shore and the man he had become at sea. Dana’s sense of justice made him a lawyer who championed sailors and slaves, and his extraordinary advocacy put him at the center of some of the most consequential cases in American history: defending fugitive slave Anthony Burns, justifying President Lincoln’s war powers before the Supreme Court, and prosecuting Confederate president Jefferson Davis for treason. Yet Dana’s own promising political career remained unfulfilled as he struggled to reconcile his rigorous conscience with his restless spirit in public controversy and private life. The first full-length biography of Dana in more than half a century, Slavish Shore reintroduces readers to one of America’s most zealous defenders of freedom and human dignity.
Download or read book Slavish Shore written by Jeffrey L. Amestoy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1834 Harvard dropout Richard Henry Dana Jr. became a common seaman, and soon his Two Years Before the Mast became a classic. Literary acclaim did not erase the young lawyer’s memory of floggings he witnessed aboard ship or undermine his vow to combat injustice. Jeffrey Amestoy tells the story of Dana’s determination to keep that vow.
Download or read book moby dick or the whale written by herman melville and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Artist in the Rigging written by William B. Dillingham and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Artist in the Rigging is a study of Herman Melville's early novels--Typee, Omoo, Mardi, Redburn, and White-Jacket. The author considers these fictions from the standpoint of thematic relationship rather than of chronological development. He shows that while the five hero-narrators are separate and distinct entities, they have much in common and can be seen as representing different facets of an emergent composite hero-from the sensitive and restless young man who leaves home to search hungrily for experience, to the wanderer immersed in a deep probing of himself and his world. The hero's thirst for psychological independence--what comes to be his overriding ambition--is never satisfied, and destruction becomes inevitable, culminating in a paradoxical "apotheosis" in which the narrator-hero achieves this independence, but only at the expense of his humanity. Dillingham persuasively demonstrates the interrelated qualities of these five novels, and in so doing he shows that the young Melville was a far greater literary artist than he gave himself credit for being. This fiction constitutes a powerful achievement in richness of texture, range of effect, and depth of characterization, as An Artist in the Rigging makes clear.
Download or read book The Poetry of Hart Crane written by Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the leading critics of our time, R.W.B. Lewis, charts the career of Hart Crane's imagination-of his vision, his rhetoric, and his craft. Crane, who has heretofore been assigned a relatively minor place in American letters, emerges from this rich, dense book as one of the finest poets in our language. Mr. Lewis traces the development of the theme which runs through all of Crane’s poetry-the need for the visionary and loving transfiguration of the actual world-and claims that it is this theme which gives Crane’s poetry its extraordinary consistency. Mr. Lewis also relates Crane’s development as poet to the Anglo-American Romantic tradition and argues that Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, and Emerson are vital to an understanding of Crane’s work. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book The Interbellum Constitution written by Alison L. LaCroix and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A synthesis of legal, political, and social history to show how the post-founding generations were forced to rethink and substantially revise the U.S. constitutional vision Between 1815 and 1861, American constitutional law and politics underwent a profound transformation. These decades of the Interbellum Constitution were a foundational period of both constitutional crisis and creativity. The Interbellum Constitution was a set of widely shared legal and political principles, combined with a thoroughgoing commitment to investing those principles with meaning through debate. Each of these shared principles—commerce, concurrent power, and jurisdictional multiplicity—concerned what we now call “federalism,” meaning that they pertain to the relationships among multiple levels of government with varying degrees of autonomy. Alison L. LaCroix argues, however, that there existed many more federalisms in the early nineteenth century than today’s constitutional debates admit. As LaCroix shows, this was a period of intense rethinking of the very basis of the U.S. national model—a problem debated everywhere, from newspapers and statehouses to local pubs and pulpits, ultimately leading both to civil war and to a new, more unified constitutional vision. This book is the first that synthesizes the legal, political, and social history of the early nineteenth century to show how deeply these constitutional questions dominated the discourse of the time.
Download or read book MOBY DICK written by HERMAN MELVILLE and published by PURE SNOW PUBLISHING. This book was released on with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fantastical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel, and a wealth of information on whales and 19th-century whaling, Melville's greatest work presents an imaginative and thrilling picture of life at sea, as well as a portrait of heroic determination. The author's keen powers of observation and firsthand knowledge of shipboard life (he served aboard a whaler himself) were key ingredients in crafting a maritime story that dramatically examines the conflict between man and nature.
Download or read book Around the World on the QE2 Volume 2 New York to Australia written by George and Barbara Perkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cruising on the QE2 from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Barbados, Salvador da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, the Falklands, Cape Horn, Punta Arenas, the Straight of Magellan, Valparaiso, Easter Island, Pitcairn Island. Tahiti, Moorea, Tonga, New Zealand, and Australia
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Download or read book Moby Dick Complete Unabridged Edition written by Herman Melville and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Moby-Dick" is considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge... Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846), a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851).
Download or read book Within You Is the Power written by Henry Thomas Hamblin and published by Namaskar Books. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moby Dick: Herman Melville's All time Bestseller Classic by Herman Melville: Set sail on the high seas with "Moby Dick," Herman Melville's epic masterpiece. Join Captain Ahab on a relentless quest for the elusive white whale as Melville weaves a tale of obsession, vengeance, and the unforgiving power of the sea. This timeless classic continues to capture the imaginations of readers around the world. Why This Book? "Moby Dick" stands as a testament to Melville's literary genius, exploring themes of fate, revenge, and the untamed beauty of the ocean. Dive into a narrative that transcends time and delves into the depths of human nature, leaving an indelible mark on the literary landscape. Herman Melville's enduring legacy is encapsulated in the pages of "Moby Dick," a classic that continues to resonate with readers for its profound exploration of the human spirit and the mysteries of the sea.
Download or read book 3 books to know Sea Stories written by Herman Melville and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:Sea Stories. - Moby Dick by Herman Melville - The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan PoeMoby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. The Pilot, in full The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in two volumes in 1823. The work, which was admired by Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad for its authentic portrayal of a seafaring life and takes place during the American Revolution, launched a whole genre of maritime fiction. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) is the only complete novel written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics
Download or read book Best of Classics Set of 5 Books Tender is the Night The Waste Land Moby Dick Down and Out in Paris and London The Old Curiosity Shop written by Fitzgerald and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 3597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best of Classics: Collection of George Orwell;T. S. Eliot;Herman Melville;Fitzgerald, F. Scott;Charles Dickens This Combo Collection (Set of 5 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: Tender is the Night: Tender Is the Night Popular novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Waste Land Moby Dick: Herman Melville's All time Bestseller Classic: Moby Dick or The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville (Best Motivational ... Personal Development (Design Your Life) Down and Out in Paris and London: George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London all time Bestseller Book (Revised) The Old Curiosity Shop
Download or read book Hart Crane and Allen Tate written by Langdon Hammer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the vexed friendship between Hart Crane and Allen Tate, this book examines twentieth-century American poetry's progress toward institutional sanction and professional organization, a process in which sexual identities, poetic traditions, and literary occupations were in question and at stake. Langdon Hammer combines biography and formalist analysis to argue that American modernism was a Janus-faced phenomenon, at once emancipatory and elitist, which simultaneously attacked traditional cultural authority and reconstructed it in new forms. Hammer shows how Crane and Tate, working in relation to each other and to T. S. Eliot, created for themselves the competing roles of "genius" and "poet-critic." Crane embraced the self-authorizing powers of the individual talent at the cost of standing outside the emerging consensus of high modernist literary culture, an aesthetic isolation which converged with his social isolation as a gay man. Tate, turning against Crane, linked the modernist defense of tradition to an embattled heterosexual masculinity, while he adapted Eliot's stance to a career sustained by criticism and teaching. Ending his book with a discussion of Robert Lowell's career, Hammer maintains that Lowell's "confessional" poetry recapitulates the conflict enacted by Crane and Tate. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book Melville s Monumental Imagination written by Ian S. Maloney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melville's Monumental Imagination explores the connection between the contested 19th century American monument tradition and one of the nation's most revered authors, Herman Melville (1819-1891). The book was written to fill a void in recent Melville scholarship. To date, there has not been a monograph that focuses exclusively on Melville's incorporation of monuments in his fictional world. The book charts the territory of Melville's novels in order to provide a trajectory of the monumental image in one particular literary form. This feature allows the reader to gradually see the monumental image as an important marker that sheds light into Melville's eventual abandonment of long fiction. Melville's Monumental Imagination combines literary analysis and cultural criticism for a long neglected aspect of our nation's iconic development in statuary.
Download or read book Moby Dick Illustrated edition written by Melville Herman and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the novel created by the famous American writer Herman Melville, ‘Moby-Dick’, is largely based on a real case that happened to an American whaler. The narrative is conducted on behalf of the sailor Ishmael. Behind the giant white whale, nicknamed Moby Dick, is a desperate hunt. Who will win this battle: people or the lord of the ocean? Pretty illustrations by Vladislav Trotsenko provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.
Download or read book Moby Dick Or The Whale written by Herman Melville and published by Soto-verlag. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking peoples hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
