Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of Herman Melville, you probably think of his Great American Novel, Moby Dick, being assigned reading in high ...

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 ...

"Moby Dick" is the classic tale of obsession and the lusty allure of the sea. Whether you've read the massive novel, or seen the film starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, you probably know the story ...

Herman Melville died broke and forgotten in 1891, with 'Moby-Dick' out of print and his name misspelt in obituaries. The story of how his masterpiece finally found readers is astonishing.

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.

Why does Herman Melville mean so much more to us than he did to his own contemporaries? What has his thought done for us, and what has his vision given? The change that has come about is not merely a ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1841, while aboard the whaler Acushnet, Herman Melville met William Chase among another ship’s complement. William lent Melville a book by his father, Owen Chase: “Narrative of the Most ...