Herman Melville, in Bloom's How to Write about Herman Melville, p. 280.
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The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than ...
— Herman Melville on Symmetry
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About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
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