3. Moby Dick
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Why do you think Moby Dick and stories like it have been celebrated as literary accomplishments of the American Renaissance?
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“Call me Ishmael,” so begins the story Moby Dick. Herman Melville published the novel in 1851. The book was considered a commercial failure when Melville died in 1891. In the early 20th century, the text was rediscovered and became widely celebrated as it was recognized as a significant literary accomplishment of the American Renaissance.