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Philbrick, Nat.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Sea stories, American -- History and criticism.
Classic fiction -- History and criticism.
Whales in literature.
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Philbrick, Nat.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Sea stories, American -- History and criticism.
Classic fiction -- History and criticism.
Whales in literature.
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Why
read
Moby-Dick
? / Nathaniel Philbrick.
by
Philbrick, Nat.
Viking, 2011.
Call #:
813.3 P545w
Subjects
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Sea stories, American -- History and criticism.
Classic fiction -- History and criticism.
Whales in literature.
ISBN:
9780670022991 (hc.)
0670022993 (hc.
Description:
x, 131 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
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