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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... side — about half way out of the sea , so that it might yet in great part be buoyed up by its native element . And there with the strained craft steeply leaning over to it , by reason of the enormous downward drag from the lower mast ...
... side — about half way out of the sea , so that it might yet in great part be buoyed up by its native element . And there with the strained craft steeply leaning over to it , by reason of the enormous downward drag from the lower mast ...
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... side of the head , and low down , near the angle of either whale's jaw , if you narrowly search , you will at last see a lashless eye , which you would fancy to be a young colt's eye ; so ... side by side and touch 330 MOBY DICK • CHAPTER 74.
... side of the head , and low down , near the angle of either whale's jaw , if you narrowly search , you will at last see a lashless eye , which you would fancy to be a young colt's eye ; so ... side by side and touch 330 MOBY DICK • CHAPTER 74.
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... side , is generally the most serious result . These submerged side blows are so often received in the fishery , that they are accounted mere child's play . Some one strips off a frock , and the hole is stopped . Third : I cannot ...
... side , is generally the most serious result . These submerged side blows are so often received in the fishery , that they are accounted mere child's play . Some one strips off a frock , and the hole is stopped . Third : I cannot ...
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