Chasing the white whale : the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today / by David Dowling.

"The nonstop reading of Melville's titanic epic 'Moby Dick' in the setting of New Bedford's Whaling Museum has inspire[d] this fresh look at the novel in light of its most devoted followers. With some trepidation, David Dowling joined the ranks of the Melvillians to particip...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dowling, David Oakey, 1967-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2010.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Moby Dick. Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) Sea stories, American > History and criticism. Whaling in literature. Whales in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General. Sea stories, American Whales in literature Whaling in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Shipping out
That everlasting itch: the allure of whaling and marathon reading
Queequeg's ink: the dilemma of reading the inscrutable
Readers and crew
Captain and mates: honored readers
Harpooners and sailors: the unsung readers
Twenty-five tumultuous hours
Survival: enduring the sledge-hammering seas of the soul
The breach: exulting in the whale.

Chasing the white whale : the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today / by David Dowling.

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