7) Mid 19th Century Fiction II Flashcards
Name some of the sea novellers in America
James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Henry Dana, Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea; The Red Rover; The Adventures of Miles Wallingford
Edgar Allan Poe
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
What is the name of E.A. Poe’s only novel?
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Richard Henry Dana
Two Years Before the Mast
Which are the major themes of sea novels?
The voyage (can be allegorical), quest, self-discovery, boudlessness of the sea, remoteness, danger, adventure, trade, business, masculinity, heroism, nautical language, nautical detail
Who influenced Herman Melville?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Name two Melville’s autobiographical novels of adventure
Typee, Omoo
Name Mellvile’s short stories
The Piazza Tales; Bartleby, The Scrivener
Herman Melville
Typee; Omoo; Moby-Dick, or, The Whale; The Piazza Tales; Bartleby, The Scrivener
Describe Moby-Dick
Capitan Ahab is obsessed with revenge on the white whale Moby Dick, which bit off his leg, lyrical passages, essayistic parts, details of whaling, rich in symbolical meaning
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea; The Red Rover; The Adventures of Miles Wallingford
James Fenimore Cooper
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Edgar Allan Poe
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana
Typee; Omoo; Moby-Dick, or, The Whale; The Piazza Tales; Bartleby, The Scrivener
Herman Melville
