| Description |
viii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The American novel |
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American novel.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 183-184. |
| Contents |
Trying all things : an introduction to Moby-Dick / Richard H. Brodhead -- Mariner's multiple quest / James Mcintosh -- Moby-Dick as sacred text / Lawrence Buell -- Call me Ishmael, or how to make double-talk speak / Carolyn Porter -- Calvinist earthquake : Moby-Dick and religious tradition / T. Walter Herbert, Jr. -- When is a painting most like a whale? Ishmael, Moby-Dick, and the sublime / Bryan Wolf. |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
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Sea stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Whaling in literature.
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Whales in literature.
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| Indexed Term |
Fiction in English American writers Melville, Herman Moby Dick - Critical studies |
| Added Author |
Brodhead, Richard H., 1947-
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| ISBN |
0521302056 |
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0521317886 paperback |
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