文档介绍：赫尔曼·梅尔维尔 Herman Melville
His potrait
Brief introduction
Born：August 1, 1819 New York City, New York, United States
Died：September 28, 1891 (aged 72) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation：Novelist, short story writer, teacher, sailor, lecturer, poet, customs inspector
Nationality：American
Genres：Travelogue, Captivity narrative, Sea story, Gothic Romanticism, Allegory, Tall tale
Life schedule
12 years old
Lost hisfather
15 years old
Drop out
1831
1833
1837
Started his career on the sea
1844
Started his writing career
1847
Got married
In 1920s, finally
got the fame he
deserved.
1891
Die
His early life
麦尔维尔的祖先是苏格兰的一个名门望族，早在麦尔维尔祖父那一辈，就已经来了美国，并且参加了独立战争，在社会上有一定的影响。在他少年时代，父亲破产，家庭一下子从富裕堕入潦倒之中。麦尔维尔12岁时不幸丧父，15岁时就结束了仅仅四年的学校生活。因家境恶化，使他不得不走向社会独自谋生。他先后做过银行职员、农场工人、乡村教师，备尝了人世间的冷暖。因父亲破产，未成年便离开学校，自立谋生。此后不久，他不得不从银行职员做起，先后做过店员、农场工人和小学教师，尝尽了生活的酸甜苦辣。
Life on the sea
1837年，18岁的麦尔维尔怀着满腔的忿懑和对社会的抵触，逃上了一艘帆船，开始了他的航海生涯。第一次的航海只是激起了他更强烈的愿望，1839年，到一艘往返于美国纽约和英国利物浦之间的轮船上当服务员，开始了5年海上生活。从1841年起，他开始登上捕鲸船做水手了。在随后的3年间，麦尔维尔随着捕鲸船到了世界上的很多地方，大大开阔了眼界。后来，麦尔维尔加入了美国军舰“美国号”，在舰上服役，直到1844年他在波士顿上岸，结束自己的航海生涯
marriage
On August 4, 1847 Melville married Elizabeth Shaw, daughter of Lemuel Shaw, the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The couple honeymooned in Canada and then moved into a house on Fourth avenue in New York City. In 1850, the couple moved to Massachusetts. They eventually had four children: two sons and two daughters.
death
Melville died at his home in New York City early on the morning of September 28, 1891, at age 72. The doctor listed "cardiac dilation" on the death was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. A common story recounts that his New York Times obituary called him "Henry Melville", implying that he was unknown and unappreciated at his time of death, but the story is not true.
Got his fame eventually
梅尔维尔身前没有引起应有的重视，在20世纪二十年