The 10 letters collected in this volume, all written between 1851 and 1852, chronicle, albeit one-sidedly, one of the most consequential relationships in American letters. Herman Melville had met ...

When Nathaniel Hawthorne moved into Hawthorne Cottage in Lenox in 1850, Herman Melville was writing "Moby-Dick" just up the road. While Hawthorne wrote and published "The House of Seven Gables," the ...

"Call me Ishmael!" We all know the famous beginning of one of the greatest American novels... "Moby-Dick," of course. But how much do we know about the passion that spurred Herman Melville to write ...

It's love at first sight for Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne in Mark Beauregard's new novel The Whale: A Love Story (Viking) " and likely shock and awe for most of its imagined readers. Surely ...

“The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville” (Doubleday, $26.95), by Jay Parini: Before you embark on this particular literary voyage, flip to the back of the book and read the acknowledgments.

Herman Melville’s vast and enigmatic creative mind led to some of the best novels in American Literature, “Moby Dick” at the top of the list. They’re an odd mismatched bunch of books though, which ...

PITTSFIELD — How do you celebrate the birthday of Herman Melville? Join a group read-a-thon at the homestead where he penned "Moby-Dick," of course. Beginning 10 a.m. Aug. 3, fans of Melville can ...