Herman Melville简介.ppt

Herman Melville(1819 - 1891)A famous American novelist and poet Born in New York, America Three things that deserve mention about his life: going out to the sea his marriage with Elizabeth Shaw his friendship with Hawthorne Melville’s childhood was happy until the age of eleven when his father died in debt. He had little education and began to work early. At about twenty, he went to sea as a Whaler, the lowest of sailors. He went to Liverpool, England and the South Pacific. Effect: His experiences and adventures on the sea furnished him with abundant material for fiction. Shipping home at 1844. Typee(1846) 《泰比》 Omoo?(1847) 《欧穆》 Mardi (1849) 《玛地》 These first three novels drew from his adventures among the people of the South Pacific islands. Redburn?(1849) An account of his voyage to England. White-Jacket?(1850) 《白外套》 It relates his life on a US man-of-war. Thus, he was known as a popular writer of exotic(异国风情的） tales. In 1847, Melville married Elizabeth Shaw, the daughter of a wealthy judge. Melville had to work hard to keep his wife in her extravagant style. He was continually harassed（疲倦） by a pecuniary(金钱的） need and stopped worrying about it only when he was quite old. Hawthorne was an important peer to Melville. Because of his effect, a significant change came about in the original design of Moby-Dick?(1851), and was rewritten into the world classic that we read today after they met. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804～1864 A famous American novelist Moby-Dick(1851) : He is best known as the author of Moby-Dick, one of the world’s greatest masterpieces. Pierre?(1852) Israel Potter?(1855) Piazza Tales?(1856) The Confidence-Man?(1857) Battle Pieces?(1866) Clarel?(1876) : His most famous poetic work. John Marr and Other Sailors?(1888) Timoleon?(1891) Billy Budd?(posthumous, 1924) Uncollected Prose ?(1839-1856) Expect which have mentioned At his time, his novels, expect Typee and Omoo sold well, did