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| 1-1 of 1Herman melville flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Poems by Herman Melville and Emily Dickinsonby mlsmith | 10 terms | November 17, 2008 |
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | moby dick | 22 sets | |
| 2 | wrote moby dick | 12 sets | |
| 3 | american writer whose experiences at sea provided the factual basis of moby-dick (1851), considered among the greatest american novels | 11 sets | |
| 4 | bartleby the scrivener | 7 sets | |
| 5 | billy budd | 6 sets | |
| 6 | moby-dick | 5 sets | |
| 7 | author of moby dick | 4 sets | |
| 8 | novelist—works often set at sea—keenly interested in conflict between good and evil | 3 sets | |
| 9 | american writer in the 1800s. drew on his experiences at sea and living on south pacific islands for material. wrote "moby dick" | 3 sets | |
| 10 | author who wrote the book, moby dick, about the whaling industry | 2 sets | |
| 11 | typee | 2 sets | |
| 12 | benito cereno | 2 sets | |
| 13 | romanticism | 2 sets | |
| 14 | he had lived among the sea and had endured many fearful encounters with cannibals and the ocean. he used these to write moby dick, which took a while to become well-liked and popular | 2 sets | |
| 15 | bartleby | 2 sets | |
| 16 | wrote moby dick; he rejected the optimism of the transcendentalists and felt that man faced a tragic destiny. | 2 sets | |
| 17 | herman melville was an author born in new york in 1819. he was uneducated and an orphan. melville served eighteen months as a whaler. these adventuresome years served as a major part in his writing. melville wrote moby dick in 1851 which was much less popular than his tales of the south seas. herman melville died in 1891. | 2 sets | |
| 18 | wrote billy budd, sailor; moby dick; classified as a dark romantic; american novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet | 2 sets | |
| 19 | ishmael and captain ahab | 1 set | |
| 20 | 1819-1891. american author who wrote moby dick, bartleby the scrivener, and benito cereno. moved toward allegory, skepticism, narrative as an epistemological quest marked by ambiguity. believed nature is a deceitful hieroglyph. | 1 set | |
| 21 | romanticism - dark romanticism; moby dick; billy bud | 1 set | |
| 22 | new york writer whose romantic sea tales were more popular than his dark literary masterpiece. | 1 set | |
| 23 | billy budd: foretopman | 1 set | |
| 24 | path-breaking american novelist who contrasted the natural person of the forest with the values of modern civilization | 1 set | |
| 25 | american novelist and poet famous for his longest novel, moby dick | 1 set | |
| 26 | new york writer whose romantic sea tales were mor popilar than his dark literary masterpiece | 1 set | |
| 27 | what american author wrote the novel "moby dick"? | 1 set | |
| 28 | american literature. fascinated by psychology and extreme emotions. wrote moby dick | 1 set | |
| 29 | romantic | 1 set | |
| 30 | new york writer whose romantic sea tales were more pioneering than his dark literary masterpiece | 1 set | |
| 31 | an author who published the story "moby dick" | 1 set | |
| 32 | "what redburn saw..." | 1 set | |
| 33 | victorian | 1 set | |
| 34 | wrote moby dick (1851) about a captain ahab who seeks revenge on the white whale that crippled him but ends up losing his life, his ship, and his crew. wasn't popular at the time but now highly regarded. melville rejected the optimism of the transcendentalists and felt that man faced a tragic destiny. his views were not popular at the time, but were accepted by later generations. | 1 set | |
| 35 | moby dick was a flop at the time, but melville is remembered as the american shakespeare. | 1 set | |
| 36 | author of moby dick that stated the railroad was not progress | 1 set | |
| 37 | bartleby, the scrivener | 1 set | |
| 38 | moby dick author 1851 | 1 set | |
| 39 | (1819-1891) is most famous for his book, moby dick, published in 1851. | 1 set | |
| 40 | one of the greatest writers of his era, his most important novel was moby dick, published in 1851. this was a story of courage and of the strength of human will. but it was also a tragedy of pride, revenge, and an uncomfortable metaphor for the harsh, individualistic, achievment-driven culture of nine-teenth century america. | 1 set | |