Herman Melville papers of Merton M. Sealts assembled 1935 to date.

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Herman Melville papers of Merton M. Sealts assembled 1935 to date.

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Miscellaneous materials, mostly offprints and photocopies of literature on Melville and photocopies of manuscripts. Supplements the Sealts Collection of titles by Melville.

9 boxes.

University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System

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Sealts, Merton M

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...