American Literature Module 3.5
Moby Dick
Study Guide: American Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 3)
Focus Text: Moby Dick by Herman Melville (1819–1891) — Ignatius Critical Edition
Honors text: Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Context Resources
These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.
Readings
The Author’s Life
- Herman Melville Biography
- http://berkshirehistory.org/herman-melville-arrowhead/
- http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/bb/hm_bio.html
- http://www.biography.com/people/herman-melville-9405239
Poetry
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
- “The Soul selects her own Society”
- “There is no frigate like a book”
- “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”
- “Hope is the thing with feathers”
- “Because I could not stop for Death”
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/poetry-by-emily-dickinson
- http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/155
Walt Whitman (1819–1891)
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/a-noiseless-patient-spider-by-walt-whitman
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/i-hear-america-singing-by-walt-whitman
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/when-lilacs-last-in-the-dooryard-bloomed-by-walt-whitman
- https://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/current/encyclopedia/entry_67.html
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/hushed-be-the-camps-today-by-walt-whitman
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/excellence-in-lit/america-by-herman-melville
- http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15442
Audio
Video
- 1956 film of Moby Dick: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049513/
Visual Arts
- https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/about/blog/library-blog-532019/
- https://scrimshanders.com/history-and-materials/
- https://nha.org/whats-on/exhibitions/featured-exhibitions/scrimshaw-gallery/
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/harned-whitman-collection/about-this-collection/
Music
- http://www.cgidlers.com/?q=node/4
- http://www.boundingmain.com/music/High%20Barbaree%20V2.mp3
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/to-ireland-sea-shanty-sung-by-bounding-main
Places to Visit
Just For Fun
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