Most of Melville’s public were probably bewildered by the extraordinary super-novel Moby-Dick (1851) the dark and eccentric follow-up, Pierre or, The Ambiguities (1852) was a complete failure. His early South Seas novels Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847) were colorful, romantic adventure tales built in part on Melville’s own experiences at sea (though his later novels in the genre found less appreciation). When the writer Herman Melville died in 1891, he seemed to many of his American contemporaries as, at most, an interesting but minor writer. Mitchell Morris joins us as a guest contributor for June in recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Forster and Britten understand the bewilderment still, years later, but the expanded frameworks of their understanding let them find underneath, and under the decks, another reason to continue.ĭr.
Melville’s story was in its way a frank confession of bewilderment.
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