Moby Dick
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"A work tantalizingly subversive, and yet somehow if not affirming at least forgiving of the blind destructiveness of human nature and of nature itself."
-Elizabeth Hardwick
Moby-Dick is one of the great epics of all literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's mediations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indiffere... More
-Elizabeth Hardwick
Moby-Dick is one of the great epics of all literature. Captain Ahab's hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael's mediations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indiffere... More
Book Information
Publisher | Library of America |
Binding | Paperback (350 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 672 |
ISBN-10 | 1598530852 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1598530858 |
Publication Date | 08/12/2010 |
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10/3/2015 Joshua Mark said:
tags: , philosophy, religion, literature
One of my favorite works of all time and, at times, my all-time favorite. Moby Dick, to me, is the Great American Novel. It is America uniquely but universal in its theme and resonance. The story of one man's obsession with what he cannot catch and hold is something anyone from any culture can relat... more
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