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Chasing the white whale : the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today /
"The nonstop reading of Melville's titanic epic 'Moby Dick' in the setting of New Bedford's Whaling Museum has inspire[d] this fresh look at the novel in light of its most devoted followers. With some trepidation, David Dowling joined the ranks of the Melvillians to particip...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Shipping out
- That everlasting itch: the allure of whaling and marathon reading
- Queequeg's ink: the dilemma of reading the inscrutable
- Readers and crew
- Captain and mates: honored readers
- Harpooners and sailors: the unsung readers
- Twenty-five tumultuous hours
- Survival: enduring the sledge-hammering seas of the soul
- The breach: exulting in the whale.