Herman Melville's Moby-Dick

Book 1986

A collection of eight critical essays on Melville's novel "Moby Dick" arranged in chronological order of publication.

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American literature History and criticism

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick

Sea stories, American History and criticism

Whales in literature

Whaling in literature

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Modern critical interpretations

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ISBN:

1555460100

Description:

viii, 159 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes index
Bibliography: pages 151-152

Contents:

Call me Ishmael / Charles Olson
In nomine diaboli / Henry A. Murray
Herman Melville / David Simpson --The career of Ishmael's self-transcendence / Rowland A. Sherrill
Moby-Dick, an American lyrical novel / Bert Bender
Speech in Moby-Dick / Louise K. Barnett
The metaphysics of beauty and terror in Moby-Dick / Frank G. Novak, Jr.
Ahab's name / P. Adams Sitney

LCCN:

86008303

Control Number:

179238

Other Authors:

Bloom, Harold

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