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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... sail ye , sir ? ' Thus far the busy Captain had not looked up to Jonah , though the man now stands before him ; but no sooner does he hear that hollow voice , than he darts a scrutinizing glance . ' We sail with the next coming tide ...
... sail ye , sir ? ' Thus far the busy Captain had not looked up to Jonah , though the man now stands before him ; but no sooner does he hear that hollow voice , than he darts a scrutinizing glance . ' We sail with the next coming tide ...
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... sail piled on stun - sail , we sailed along , driving these leviathans before us ; when , of a sudden , the voice of Tashtego was heard , loudly directing attention to something in our wake . Corresponding to the crescent in our van ...
... sail piled on stun - sail , we sailed along , driving these leviathans before us ; when , of a sudden , the voice of Tashtego was heard , loudly directing attention to something in our wake . Corresponding to the crescent in our van ...
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... sail and top- gallant - sail , he raised a gull - like cry in the air , " There she blows ! -there she blows ! A hump like a snow - hill ! It is Moby Dick ! " Fired by the cry which seemed simultaneously taken up by the three look ...
... sail and top- gallant - sail , he raised a gull - like cry in the air , " There she blows ! -there she blows ! A hump like a snow - hill ! It is Moby Dick ! " Fired by the cry which seemed simultaneously taken up by the three look ...
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