Herman Melville
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In 1850 while writing The House of the Seven Gables, Hawthorne's
publisher introduced him to another writer who was in the midst of a novel. This
was , the book Moby Dick. Hawthorne and Melville became good
friends at once, for despite their dissimilar backgrounds, they had a great deal
in common. ....
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.... the Marquesas. The book was a great
success, for Melville had visited a part of the world almost unknown to
Americans, and his descriptions of his bizarre experiences suited the taste of a
romantic age.
As he wrote Melville became conscious of deeper powers. In 1849 he began
a systematic study of Shakespeare, pondering the bard's intuitive grasp of human
nature. Like Hawthorne, Melville could not accept the prevailing optimism of
his generation. Unlike his friend, he admired Emerson, secon ....
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