Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” goes beyond a mere sea tale; it is actually an odyssey of philosophy for those who are ...
Writing in The Atlantic last year, presumably while finishing work on “The Passages of H. M.,” a novel based on the life of Herman Melville, Jay Parini declared that the historical novel “has become ...
PITTSFIELD — Where does the line that separates utter genius and epic failure lie? Herman Melville spent most of his life straddling that line, existing in the liminal space between genius and failure ...
New Bedford is moving forward with initial plans to memorialize one of the Bay State's most famed authors in its downtown historic district. Last week marked 183 years since a young Herman Melville ...
The New Bedford Whaling Museum will be hosting a Portuguese Moby-Dick Mini-Marathon, featuring simultaneous readings in three ...
Not until the early 20th century was Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick first recognized as a literary masterpiece and touted as a cornerstone of modern American literature. Etching of Joseph O.
In his novel “The Last Station,” Jay Parini adroitly shifted perspectives to tell the story of Leo Tolstoy’s late years. Tolstoy was a celebrity, almost a saint, and so multifaceted that no one point ...
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” Pithy sayings like this one from Robert F. Kennedy celebrate the idea of failure. But Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss believes some of ...
A new history by Roland Allen uncovers the wealth of ideas and invention hidden in the notebooks of literary luminaries. By Wilson Wong Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions — gray and ...
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