“But if Melville’s spirit was half broken, the other half awakened when he was on his own again at sea, where he’d always been comfortable.”
The Public Domain ReviewThe great US novelist, short story writer, and poet Herman Melville was born #onthisday in 1819. His last long-form work was the epic poem Clarel, published in 1876 and coming in at a colossal 18,000 lines. @JWheelwrite explores: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #otd