Moby-Dick, Or, The WhaleNorthwestern University Press, 1988 - 1043 sider In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a "mighty book" on "a mighty theme." The editors of this critical text affirm that he succeeded. Nevertheless, their prolonged examination of the novel reveals textual flaws and anomalies that help to explain Melville's fears that his great work was in some ways a hash or a botch. A lengthy historical note also gives a fresh account of Melville's earlier literary career and his working conditions as he wrote; it also analyzes the book's contemporary reception and outlines how it finally achieved fame. Other sections review theories of the book's genesis, detail the circumstances of its publication, and present documents closely relating to the story. -- Amazon.com. |
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... instances , then , which I personally know the truth of ; but I have heard of many other instances from persons whose veracity in the matter there is no good ground to impeach . Secondly : It is well known in the Sperm Whale Fishery ...
... instances , then , which I personally know the truth of ; but I have heard of many other instances from persons whose veracity in the matter there is no good ground to impeach . Secondly : It is well known in the Sperm Whale Fishery ...
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... instance is the omission of all of Chap- ter 25 , which cites the use of whale oil in coronations , but a sentence critical of British aristocracy ( 401.5−7 ) and two instances of linking God with democracy ( 117.22-24 , 117.32 ) are ...
... instance is the omission of all of Chap- ter 25 , which cites the use of whale oil in coronations , but a sentence critical of British aristocracy ( 401.5−7 ) and two instances of linking God with democracy ( 117.22-24 , 117.32 ) are ...
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... instances , see the DISCUSSIONS of Adopted Read- INGS at 416.26 , 442.6 , and 551.13 . ) Melville , in other words , often loses track of realistic detail in the process of thinking about literary effect , as when he mixes references to ...
... instances , see the DISCUSSIONS of Adopted Read- INGS at 416.26 , 442.6 , and 551.13 . ) Melville , in other words , often loses track of realistic detail in the process of thinking about literary effect , as when he mixes references to ...
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