quote: Appearing in the 1840s, at a time when American soldiers and settlers were doing to the aboriginal peoples of North America what the French naval officers and missionaries were doing to the Polynesians,
and the english to the aboriginal people in Australia
I know that Lewis Mumford’s first book was a biography of Melville which I find interesting because Mumford help popularize Melville’s work in the 20th century which the help of other writers and bought Melville’s creativity output out of obscurity. If it wasn’t for writers like Mumford championing Melville work probably none of us would have known who Melville is today.
quote: Appearing in the 1840s, at a time when American soldiers and settlers were doing to the aboriginal peoples of North America what the French naval officers and missionaries were doing to the Polynesians,
and the english to the aboriginal people in Australia
I have read Moby Dick twice in the last 10 years. It is magnificent.
I know that Lewis Mumford’s first book was a biography of Melville which I find interesting because Mumford help popularize Melville’s work in the 20th century which the help of other writers and bought Melville’s creativity output out of obscurity. If it wasn’t for writers like Mumford championing Melville work probably none of us would have known who Melville is today.