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Whale! / K.L. Evans.
Van Pelt Library PS2384.M62 E93 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Kim Leilani.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
- Melville, Herman.
- Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Psychological fiction, American.
- Sea stories, American--History and criticism.
- Sea stories, American.
- Whaling in literature.
- Whales in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 162 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Startling in its originality, Whale! explores Melville's Moby Dick as a tale not of vengeance but of the search for connection and meaning, interpreting Ahab's near-pathological agitation as indicative of his refusal to accept the world as unknowable.
- Contents:
- 1. A Tale of Attachment 1
- 2. A Common Account of Shipping 26
- 3. The Politics of Whale 53
- 4. Confessions of a Captain 62
- 5. Crossing the Line 87
- 6. A Leaky Boat 110
- Swan Song 138.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160).
- ISBN:
- 0816643164
- 0816643172
- OCLC:
- 52030386
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