Dive deeper : journeys with Moby-Dick
Cotkin, GeorgeAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
'Moby Dick' looms large-gargantuan in size, themes, symbols, and influence. Its deep dives, comedic interludes, adventurous journey, and surface effects demand a new approach. Instead of a traditional academic analysis, this book grapples in novel fashion with this classic work. The book follows the flow of the original 'Moby Dick' and aims to bring new appreciation for the novel, its characters, and its readers. It captures the up and down history of the novel, from its original reception to its resurrection in the 1890s, to its becoming the central work in the canon of American literature in the 1930s.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Moby Dick' looms large-gargantuan in size, themes, symbols, and influence. Its deep dives, comedic interludes, adventurous journey, and surface effects demand a new approach. Instead of a traditional academic analysis, this book grapples in novel fashion with this classic work. The book follows the flow of the original 'Moby Dick' and aims to bring new appreciation for the novel, its characters, and its readers. It captures the up and down history of the novel, from its original reception to its resurrection in the 1890s, to its becoming the central work in the canon of American literature in the 1930s.
Description based on print version record.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Sea stories, American
Mass media and literature
English
Languages & Literatures
American Literature