A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land is an American epic poem
by
Herman Melville
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land is an American epic poem by Herman Melville, published in two volumes in 1876. Clarel is the longest poem in American literature, stretching to almost 18,000 lines (longer even than European classics such as the Iliad, Aeneid and Paradise Lost). As well...