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Epic card · History
Herman Melville, an Epic card
Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 188
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 500,000
Power 188 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Herman Melville quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Herman Melville card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great ______ Novels.
Answer
American. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels. From the Herman Melville article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but ____, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival.
Answer
1910s. At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. From the Herman Melville article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick, Typee, a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.
- At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival.
- Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Herman Melville article was read about 500,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Herman Melville
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Herman Melville (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joseph Oriel Eaton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
