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New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2011. |
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| ISBN: |
9780670022991 (hbk.) : 0670022993 (hbk.) |
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| Call number: |
813.3 Melville PHI |
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| Physical description: |
x, 131 p. ; 20 cm. |
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| Subject: |
Sea stories, American -- History and criticism.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131). |
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| Summary note: |
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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| Contents note: |
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. |
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