A century and a half after its publication, “Moby-Dick” continues to invite speculation about what, or who, could have inspired such a fervid feat of creative imagination. Like all such great works, ...

When he was only 32, Herman Melville put a bullet in his career, writing a novel so outrageous (incest was one theme) that reviewers thought he had gone insane. “Pierre” was such a disaster that he ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Herman Melville was not a man for his time. And his most famous work, the epic adventure novel Moby-Dick. Ironically, becoming a noted, revered and beloved author while he was ...

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Moussa Kone, illustrator and Harpune Verlag, publisher. "Etymology," 2012. (Courtesy Moussa Kone and Harpune Verlag. Photo by Kathy Tarantola/Peabody Essex Museum) Happy birthday, Herman Melville! On ...

The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick and a forgotten classic from 1936 ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is launching its first Moby-Dick Book Club, a free virtual series exploring Herman Melville’s iconic novel. The three-part series, moderated by Marina Wells, assistant ...

On a small stage in a cozy Seattle Center theater, a crew of harpooners and mates are setting off on the high seas in search of a notorious great white whale. They may not get the best of that ...

“Call me Ishmael … ” Book-It Repertory Theatre will present a free preview of its upcoming staging of the Herman Melville classic “Moby Dick” at 7 tonight at the Seattle Public Library’s Central ...