| Description |
x, 131 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131). |
| Contents |
The gospels in this century -- Landlessness -- Desperado philosophy -- Nantucket -- Chowder -- The Pequod -- Ahab -- The anatomy of a demagogue -- Hawthorne -- The view from the masthead -- The sea -- Is there a heaven? -- A mighty, messy book -- Unflinching reality -- Poetry -- Sharks -- The enchanted calm -- Pip -- The squeeze -- The left wing -- So remorseless a havoc -- Queequeg -- Pulling dictatorship out of a hat -- Essex redux -- The inmost leaf -- Ahab's last stand -- Evil art -- Neither believer nor infidel. |
| Summary |
Shares expert guidelines on how to read and appreciate Herman Melville's classic work, offering insight into its history, characters, and themes while explaining its literary relevance in the modern world. |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sea stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. (OCoLC)fst00030216
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Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) (OCoLC)fst01356235
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Sea stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01110125
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
(DE-588)4204518-6
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Melville, Herman. Moby Dick.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
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Sea stories -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9780670022991 (hbk.) |
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0670022993 (hbk.) |
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9780143123972 (pbk.) |
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0143123971 (pbk.) |
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