"At the height of their madness, The night winds pause, Recollecting themselves; But no lull in these wars." Herman Melville's Battle Pieces and Aspects of the Wartakes the form of seventy-two narrative poems that deal with the different events of the American Civil War. The poems, which survey the history of the conflict between the North and the South, are arranged in a chronological order and depict the behavior of the individuals in the opposing parties. Starting to write right after the end of the war, Melville enjoyed considerable first-hand experience with the events, though not...

Written during the last years of Melville's life, a quarter of a century after his main work, by which his reputation was established, had been completed; and it was not published until 1924, when it was included in the limited Standard Edition. In the opinion of many critics it is Melville's most significant work after Moby Dick, and one of the most remarkable short novels ever written.

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In part, "Moby-Dick" is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, "Moby-Dick "is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of...

An unnamed lawyer relates the story of the strangest man he's known: Bartleby.

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"Bartleby" from Herman Melville. American writer best known for the novel Moby-Dick (1819-1891).