Herman Melville's Lecture in Montreal

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Author/collaborator
Title
Herman Melville's Lecture in Montreal
Abstract
American novelist Herman Melville (1819-1891), the author of "Moby Dick" (1851) and other works, was invited to Montreal by the city's Mercantile Library Association in 1857 to lecture to its Winter Course. The author points out that the Winter Course program was ambitious. Instead of settling for one or two imported celebrities to round off the local program, the Association wanted the twelve course lectures of the 1857-1858 session to be given mainly by eminent men from the United States. Melville was the third speaker in the series, and it was his first appearance as a lecturer outside of a New England audience. Melville's lecture was titled "Statutes of Rome," where he sought to lead the audience through the gates of Rome into the twin worlds of art and the ancient past.
Publication
The New England Quarterly
Volume
Vol. 50
Issue
no. 1
Pages
125-137
Date
March 1977
Language
en
Citation
Kennedy, Frederick James. “Herman Melville’s Lecture in Montreal.” The New England Quarterly Vol. 50, no. 1 (March 1977): 125–137.
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