In pursuit of Moby-Dick : of whales and their gods

In pursuit of Moby-Dick : of whales and their gods / Joseph S. Catalano.

This study presents Moby-Dick as a novel with three distinct but interconnecting stories: Ishmael's, which he shares ten years after it has taken place; Ahab's, which is Ishmael's account of the memorable captain of a whaling ship; and a third which centres on whales and whaling, whic...

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Main Author: Catalano, Joseph S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland AG, [2023]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Moby Dick.
Moby Dick (Melville, Herman)
Whaling in literature.
Whaling in literature
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: No Need to Rush
  • Chapter 2: The Book Itself
  • Chapter 3: Etymology and Extracts
  • Chapter 4 A Tale Twice Told
  • Chapter 5 Ishmael and Queequeg
  • Chapter 6 Going Whaling and a Hint of Ahab
  • Chapter 7 Ahab as Captain and Ahab as Ahab
  • Chapter 8 Ahab and Moby Dick
  • Chapter 9: The Town-Ho's Story and Other Gams
  • Chapter 10: Whales! Conversation, Art, Dining, Business, and Poetry
  • Chapter 11: Ahab's Leg and Ahab's life
  • Chapter 12: Conclusions, The Unity of Moby-Dick, and A Critical Reflection.

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