Melville_Society
Melville Society
Organization for the study of Herman Melville
The Melville Society is an organization for the study of author Herman Melville. Founded in 1945, the Society was a result of the Melville Revival of the 1920s and 1930s and is now the oldest American society devoted to a single literary figure.[1]
Its primary publication is Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, issued three times per year.[2] The society has formed a cultural project in collaboration with the New Bedford Whaling Museum, the host of the Melville Society Archive, and has an editorial office at Hofstra University.[3][4] It meets primarily at the American Literature Association and Modern Language Association annual conferences and has also held international meetings. It has approximately 400 members, comprising both individuals and institutions.[3]