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Redburn

Redburn: His First Voyage is the fourth book by the American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. Melville wrote Redburn in less than ten weeks. While one scholar describes it as…

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Author
Herman Melville
Genre
Travel literature
Followed by
White Jacket
Language
English
Media type
Print
Preceded by
Mardi

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Redburn

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related to Further reading · 28
Redburn → Amerikastudien, Angle, Baptism, Bowen, Gilman, Heinz, Herman Melville's Redburn, Initiation, Jahrbuch, James, JSTOR, Kosok, March, Melville's Early Life, Merlin, Miller, Modern Philology, New York, New York University Press, Nineteenth-Century Fiction
related to Plot · 25
Redburn → As, At, Before, Buttons, Cain, England, He, Her, Highlander, In, It, Its, Jackson, Judging, Launcelott's Hey, Liverpool, New York City, One, Representing, The
related to Reception · 17
Redburn → American, Americans, British, He, In, It, John Masefield, Launcelots Hey, Melville, Melville's, So, The, What, When Redburn, White-Jacket, William Clark Russell, Yet
related to Assessments · 13
Redburn → America, Elizabeth Hardwick, German, Interpretations, John Freeman, Lewis Mumford, Melville, Mumford's, Raymond Weaver, She, The, Throughout Melville's, Typifying
related to Character List · 11
Redburn → BoltonMiguel SavedaCarloThe O'Briens, Buttons, CrewThe, Danby's, DoctorLavenderJack BluntLarryGun-DeckThe Liverpool DocksDanbyMary, DutchmanThe GreenlanderMr Thompson, Mr JonesCaptain RigaThe Highlander, O'RegansGoodwell, Redburn's, Still, Wellingborough Redburn
related to history · 8
Redburn → Allen, Anthony, English, Living, Mardi, Melville, New York City, St
related to External links · 4
Redburn → Entry, LibriVox, Melville, Project GutenbergRedburn
Published · 2
Redburn → 1849 (London: Richard Bentley), 1849 (New York: Harper & Brothers)
Author · 1
Redburn → Herman Melville
Followed by · 1
Redburn → White Jacket

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melville american book first melville's voyage new liverpool one york literature published london 1849 james ship sailor like later bolton

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RedburnAuthorHerman Melville1.00infobox
RedburnFollowed byWhite Jacket1.00infobox
RedburnGenreTravel literature1.00infobox
RedburnLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
RedburnMedia typePrint1.00infobox
RedburnPreceded byMardi1.00infobox
RedburnPublication placeUnited States, England1.00infobox
RedburnPublished1849 (New York: Harper & Brothers)1.00infobox
RedburnPublished1849 (London: Richard Bentley)1.00infobox
Raymond Weaverinstance ofmay be found in studies of Melville written in the 1920s by critics0.80text
John Freemaninstance ofmay be found in studies of Melville written in the 1920s by critics0.80text
and Lewis Mumfordinstance ofmay be found in studies of Melville written in the 1920s by critics0.80text

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