Wolf howling, music and romance

Wolf howling, music and romance by Scott Norsworthy

DRAGOONED: Writing, talking, and rewriting like Herman Melville in "Scenes Beyond the Western Border" (1851-1853). No. 4.

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On finding MOBY-DICK in the Boston MORNING JOURNAL, again

Unfortunately, the nice and early review of Moby-Dick in the Boston Morning Journal is not reprinted or listed anywhere in Herman Melville: The Contemporary Reviews (Cambridge UP, 1995) edited by Brian Higgins and Hershel Parker. The omission from this important collection seems… pic.twitter.com/yRpwcaUS0J

— Scott Norsworthy 🇺🇸 (@Melvilliana) November 18, 2025

 

Episode #15: Tom Jerman: Santa Claus Worldwide

"People who say that Santa Claus doesn't exist are wrong."

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Unabridged! Welling's review of MOBY-DICK in the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER

Unabridged! Welling's review of MOBY-DICK in the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER: Original research and riffs on Herman Melville, authorship, and 19th century American literature. 

Complete text of James Clarke Welling's review, as first published in the Washington, DC National Intelligencer on December 16, 1851

• https://melvilliana.blogspot.com/2024/08/unabridged-wellings-review-of-moby-dick.html