Chasing the white whale : the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today /
"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...
| Основен автор: | Dowling, David Oakey, 1967- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
℗♭2010.
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Print version::
Chasing the white whale. |
Съдържание:
- 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.