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Carl Clinton Van Doren

Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.

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Melville combined his real-life experience in whaling with detailed research about the topic to create his work. Most importantly, he used his creative imagination to enhance and deepen the understanding of what he had observed firsthand.

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