Book I
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Book I is the opening section of Herman Melville’s long religious-epic poem *Clarel*, setting up its themes of faith, doubt, and spiritual pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book I (Clarel) | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic book
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section of a poem ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion | whether faith is possible in the modern world ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
biblical allusion
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desert landscape ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ ruins and antiquity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
narrative poetry
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religious epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Book I ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter |
Clarel
NERFINISHED
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Derwent NERFINISHED ⓘ Nehemiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Vine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poem ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Clarel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Clarel’s arrival in the Holy Land
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introduction of principal pilgrims ⓘ |
| partOf | Clarel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfWorkStructure | first book of Clarel ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| precedes | Book II (Clarel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhymed quatrains ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Holy Land
NERFINISHED
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Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
crisis of faith
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doubt ⓘ faith ⓘ modernity and religion ⓘ religious skepticism ⓘ search for belief ⓘ spiritual pilgrimage ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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somber ⓘ |
| workContext | post–Civil War religious crisis ⓘ |
| workType | subdivision of long poem ⓘ |
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