On Herman Melville’s fictionalized memoir of the cannibal islanders of the Marquesas. The tale begins when an ill-managed, foul, depressing whaler sails into the bay of a paradisal island. Two ...
Herman Melville knew — and probably hoped — that his first book, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (1846) was going to raise eyebrows. In a preface, the fledgling author observed that “there are some ...
Believe me, today I intended to indulge in pure, sweet justified escapism. To explore briefly this matter of “love” and those who love. Or think that they do. Alas, the opposite of love and affection ...
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