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1、HermanMelvilleMoby-DickandAmericannovelist,essayistandpoet.BorninAugust1,1819intheUnitedStatesofNewYorkBestknownforhisnovelMoby-DickEarlylifeHewasbornintoanAmericanmerchantfamily.Hisfather'sbankruptcyledhimabadlife.Hisfatherwasdied.Threeyearslaterhehadtodropoutofschool.Familycircumstanceswasworseh
2、ehadtoaseekjob.Heworkedasafarmer,staff,teachers,seaman,Navy.TravelsinthePacific(1841-1845)In1841,hebecameaseamanonthewhalingship.Hewenttomanyplacesintheworld.Heandtheotherpartnersonthewhalingship,withthecaptain’sautocraticbehaviortodoastruggle.Hehadlivedforaperiodoftimeataman-eatingcustomtribe.Lat
3、er,hejoinedtheAmericanwarship"American".In1845whenhelandedinBoston,endinghisownlifeatsea.RetiringfromthearmyIn1845,heleftthearmyandreturnedtoAmerican,startedhiswritinglife.In1867,hehadacustomsjob.In1891,hediedathishomeinNewYorkCityWhenhediedin1891,hewasalmostcompletelyforgotten.Itwasnotuntilthe"Me
4、lvilleRevival"intheearly20thcenturythathisworkwonrecognition,especially Moby-Dick,whichwashailedasoneoftheliterarymasterpiecesofbothAmericanandworldliterature.In1919theunfinishedmanuscriptforhisnovellaBillyBuddwasdiscoveredbyhisfirstbiographer.Hepublishedaversionin1924whichwasquicklyacclaimedbynot
5、ableBritishcriticsasanothermasterpieceofMelville's.HewasthefirstwritertohavehisworkscollectedandpublishedbytheLibraryofAmerica.Moby-DickSummaryThestorytellstheadventuresofwanderingsailorIshmaelandhisvoyageonthewhalingshipPequod,commandedbyCaptainAhab.Ahabhasonepurposeonthisvoyage:toseekoutMobyDick
6、.ItdestroyedAhab'sboatandbitoffhisleg,whichnowdrivesAhabtotakerevenge.Thewhaleeventuallydestroysthewhaleboatsandcrew,andsinksthePequod.ThegenesisforMoby-DickTwoactualeventsservedasthegenesisforMoby-Dick.OnewasthesinkingoftheNantucketshipEssexin1820.Theothereventwastheallegedkillinginthelate1830sof
7、the spermwhaleMochaDick.CharacterIshmaelIshmaelisaseamanofthePequod.Heisthenarratorofthestory,andthehuntingisnarratedbyhim.Heistheonlypersonwhowassurvivedatlast.Ishmaelhasarichliterarybackground,whichhebringstobe
