My dear Hawthorne, the atmospher ic skepticis ms steal into me nowmake me doubt fu l of my sa nity in writing yo u t hu s. Bu t, believe me 'i andnot ma d, most nob le Fest usl
He sounds like Ahab and trying not to seem crazy. Why is he doubtful?
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Dont you buy ir.....:.dont you read it stt 0 ssdoes come out, because it is by no means the sort of book for you
He knows what is about and has a certain audience that he wants to read it and that does not include women?
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hat in all reasonable probability noInternational Copyright will ever be obtained....a.in our time, at least-ifyou Englishmen wait at all for the first step to be taken in this country.Who have any motive in this country to bestir themselves in this thing)
No international copyright that is dangerous you should definitely have it on Moby-Dick. Why is he saying that it is reasonable when it is not it it because he has no one else to publish it for him?
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. h h ' at is ha , that • -"·&rater,th r write t e ot er way I cannot S nned
He is always having the fight within himself to write what he wants or write something that will make money for his family. He can not write the other way he needs to stay true to himself and not let society change him. He has a duty to provide for his family and it is tearing him apart.
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r nee o a venture £ n in Engl cl'' ,, newwork,2the 50 uthe,rn ,~perm Whale Fishe';i ~und~d 9Pon c:~ •. . ,, , ,,,iP person~! exp~rie~c.e, of ~wo years:• and illustratelbn Wild legends~\l'flshould you be ~nc,lme~ to undertak ' rnhore , as a harpo y th~ aut~o,r'sczoo 3 C Id b • , e t e hook I oneer
It has no romance and the main character has no experience as a harpooneer. The books is not a personal experience either. He is trying to make it sound good that he can get is published.
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Personally, I doubt not, that he rather prefers tooe generally esteemed but a so-so sort of author; being willing to reservethe thorough and acute appreciation of what he is, to that party most qua~ified to judge-that is, to himself.
He is talking like Ishmael putting what he thinks rather looking at other pieces of evidence. It reminds as when Ishmael is explaining the whale and the relation it has with these letters.
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As for 'p' atr rd\y 1)11' . • h' , . . onaoe . ethe American author wlto now patronizes , is country, , and not h· 1<> , ll•i. • ' I h ls co shim.
I knew Millville was patriotic of American but not to this extent.
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i· Some may -start to .read of Shakespeare and H~ ,,th - r·t '· ,.,,•.•
He really idolizes Hawthorne so much to put him on the same place as Shakespeare.
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But it is the least part of genius that attracts admiration. Where H•thorne is known, he seeins'la be deemed•a pleasant writer, with apie:::ant style,-a sequestered, harmless man, from, whom any deep 'andweighty thirig would hardly be anti~ipated:....L.a man who means nb mean-ings
It is the opposite from himself he always wants to have meaning in his writing. It the obsession he has when two things that are unlike met and mix.
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It is curious, h~w a man may r:cts; b reason of an \n~ , an~ Yet .the grandest or sweetest of prosp h~ t 'f th , 'd I rven,ng h"11ss' , vay to m o e w, e and • edso like all other hedges , as m no v . , scape b &e ,S h 't b 'th me concerning the enchanting landscape in th eyond
This might showcase how a sailor feels when he goes on a voyage. The person is so focused on the purpose of the voyage they do not try to look at the lesson that they could learn from being exposed to different regions.
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When the Artist rises high enough to .ac hieve theBeautiful, the symbol by which he makes it perceptible to mort al ~ensesbecomes of little value in his , eyes, while his spirit possesses it self m th eenjoyment of the reality.
Melville did not want to write Redburn but was forced due to his situation he was not happy with the book from an authors perspective but that was the opposite for Moby-Dick which gave him enjoyment to write what he wanted.
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