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Melville
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
167 years from this day!
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Yes, dear reader, as Herman Melville lived, 167 years from this date he jumped ship and began an exotic adventure that jump started one of A...
Monday, May 25, 2009
for Memorial Day
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a poem from Herman Melville's Battle Pieces (1866) On the Men of Maine killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. _______________...
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Gloomy humbugs and bug bears
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From Melville's The Confidence Man , which I've been rereading after finishing P.T. Barnum's Struggles and Triumphs (more on th...
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Close-up: Melville looks closely and curiously at two heads.
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Since I've been unable to settle on a single or series of cinematic close-ups, I could not help but think of one of the most fascinating...
Sunday, February 05, 2006
More movies, Mr. Malick
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As Wagstaff mentioned , Terence Malick could do wonders with Typee , Omoo , Mardi and "The Encantadas" – the “Melville period” t...
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