Clarel

Clarel

by Herman Melville

Clarel is an epic poem by Herman Melville that follows the journey of a young American, Clarel, to the Holy Land. The poem explores themes of faith, doubt, love, death, and suffering. Clarel's journey is both physical and spiritual, as he encounters a variety of characters and experiences that challenge his beliefs and force him to confront his own mortality. Through its complex and often challenging language, Clarel offers a profound meditation on the human condition and the nature of faith.

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Herman Melville

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Melville's growing literary ambition showed in Moby-Dick (1851), which took nearly a year and a half to write, but it did not find an audience and critics scorned his psychological novel Pierre: or, T...

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