... upon its release. He followed this with  Pierre(1852), a novel that drew from Melville's experiences as a youth, and the modest success  Israel Potter  (1855). Melville's most significant works outside of "Moby-Dick" include the short stories that he wrote during this time period, including "Bartleby the Scrivener" (1853) and "Benito Cereno" (1855). In 1856, Melville journeyed to Europe, and he followed ... forgotten although he had once been a popular author and had left behind ten notable books of prose fiction and four of verse, has gathered increasing fame, especially for his met...

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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" is a fanatical and temerarious adventure about seamen engaging in a hunt for whales. Within this glorious adventure, homosexual relationships and sexual references are disguised in Melville's novel. This story is a vehicle for something entirely unrelated to the surface meanings in his novel. Also, it is full of sexual imagery. Melville uses symbolic themes, metaphors and double entendres to ... are not sure if the seamen are masturbating themselves or one another. Still, this is an ecstatic experience for Ishmael from the lusty and pleasurable tone. However, Is...

• Word Count: 1571
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... from a bank to open the Pikes Place store. Baldwin, Siegel, and Bowker chose the name Starbucks in honor of Starbuck, the coffee-loving first mate in Herman Melville's Moby Dick and because they thought the name evoked the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders. The new company's logo, designed by an artist friend, was a two-tailed mermaid ... positivism; green resembles nature and money, as well as earth, richness, calmness. Also associated with peace and freshness. Why Starbucks'? It was picked out from Moby Dick's character Starbuck "the chie...

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... it is not a novel. Myself, I prefer to call it a narrative" (On Writing 12). Cather's preference anticipated an important reformulation of the criticism of fiction: the body of literary theory, called "narratology," articulated in the 1960s by French structuralist writers. Narratology's purpose, according to Gerard Genette, is to provide ... , this is a book about the beauty of a life lived well, with hard work and faith, and the land which touches all who touch it. In Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, the heroic ideal whose definition began with Moby-Dick is again viewed. F...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... to Jane because Ticey was a name given to her by her master and thought of as a slave name but a Yankee solider by the name of Mr. Brown named her Jane. Her strong-willed nature and "tough as nails" attitude helped set the tone for the entire book. The author of this book, Ernest Gaines, was born in 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Louisiana ... . The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman was published in 1972 and was written during the prime of his writing career because his first short story was published in 1956. The ... rise above the situation. Another important symbol in the story is...

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• Grade Level: High School

... -dramatic "Heartbreaker," propelled by far more intricate but similarly effective note squashing. Between Page's sonic wizardry, John Bonham beating his drums into submission ("Moby Dick"), and the juice running down Robert Plant's leg ("The Lemon Song"), Led Zeppelin here just about succeeded in raising rock & roll excess to ... are dramatically intertwined. The chiming "Four Sticks" aside, it's the Little Richard-inspired "Rock and Roll" and the tricky time changes--a Zeppelin trademark--of the fast-and-furious "Black Dog" that elevate this album into more than just a bustle in aspiring...

• Word Count: 4319
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• Grade Level: High School