| 1-1 of 1Flashcard sets with a 'herman melville' term meaning '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.' | |||
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| 1 | Panic of 1837 to Alexis de Tocquevilleby 1st_c_girl | 15 terms | May 4, 2009 |