Herman Melville

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American writer essayist human novelist poet short story writer

Herman Melville was a 19th-century American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for his seafaring epic "Moby-Dick," now regarded as a cornerstone of American literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American writer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
burialPlace The Bronx ⓘ
surface form: Bronx, New York

Woodlawn Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1819-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1891-09-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Albany Academy ⓘ
employer United States Custom House ⓘ
surface form: New York Custom House
familyName Melville ⓘ
father Allan Melvill ⓘ
fullName Herman Melville self-link ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
sea story ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Herman ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm narrative poem ⓘ
novel ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasPartInCollection American literature canon ⓘ
influenced D. H. Lawrence ⓘ
Jack London ⓘ
Joseph Conrad ⓘ
Ralph Ellison ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
influencedBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Maria Gansevoort Melvill ⓘ
movement American Romanticism ⓘ
Gothic literature ⓘ
surface form: Dark Romanticism
notableWork Bartleby, the Scrivener ⓘ
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War ⓘ
Benito Cereno ⓘ
Billy Budd ⓘ
Clarel ⓘ
Israel Potter ⓘ
Mardi ⓘ
Moby-Dick ⓘ
Omoo ⓘ
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities ⓘ
Redburn ⓘ
The Confidence-Man ⓘ
The Encantadas ⓘ
The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids ⓘ
The Piazza Tales ⓘ
Typee ⓘ
White-Jacket ⓘ
occupation customs inspector ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
sailor ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Pittsfield, Massachusetts ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Allan Melvill ⓘ
surface form: Allan Melville Jr.

Frances Priscilla Melville ⓘ
surface form: Augusta Melville

Catherine Melville ⓘ
Frances Priscilla Melville ⓘ
Gansevoort Melville ⓘ
Gansevoort Melville ⓘ
surface form: Peter Gansevoort Melville

Thomas Melville ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Shaw Melville ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Pittsfield, Massachusetts ⓘ

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Flask → appearsInWorkBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
Melville → associatedWith → Herman Melville ⓘ
Moby-Dick → author → Herman Melville ⓘ
Melville → author → Herman Melville ⓘ
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Moby Dick (1956 film) → basedOnAuthor → Herman Melville ⓘ
Nathaniel Hawthorne → closeFriend → Herman Melville ⓘ
Captain Ahab → createdBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
Fedallah → createdBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
Flask → createdBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
the Pequod → createdBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
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Pip → createdBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
Starbuck from Moby-Dick → createdBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
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Starbuck → createdBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
Queequeg → creator → Herman Melville ⓘ
Stubb → creator → Herman Melville ⓘ
Herman Melville → fullName → Herman Melville self-link ⓘ
American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Herman Melville ⓘ
John Murray → hasNotableAuthor → Herman Melville ⓘ
James Fenimore Cooper → influenced → Herman Melville ⓘ
Nathaniel Hawthorne → influenced → Herman Melville ⓘ
Cormac McCarthy → influencedBy → Herman Melville ⓘ
American Romanticism → notableAuthor → Herman Melville ⓘ
Harper & Brothers → notableAuthorPublished → Herman Melville ⓘ
Melville → notableBearer → Herman Melville ⓘ
Putnam’s Magazine → notableContributor → Herman Melville ⓘ
American Renaissance → notableFigure → Herman Melville ⓘ
A Fable for Critics → portrays → Herman Melville ⓘ
Richard Bentley → publishedAuthor → Herman Melville ⓘ