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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville.The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, Moby-Dick was published to mixed ...
6 days ago · Moby Dick famously begins with the narratorial invocation “Call me Ishmael.” The narrator, like his biblical counterpart, is an outcast.Ishmael, who turns to the sea for meaning, relays to the audience the final voyage of the Pequod, a whaling vessel.Amid a story of tribulation, beauty, and madness, the reader is introduced to a number of characters, many of whom have names with religious ...
Moby-Dick is a novel written by Herman Melville, first published in 1851.The story is narrated by Ishmael, a sailor who joins the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by the obsessive Captain Ahab. Ahab is driven by an unrelenting quest for revenge against a white sperm whale, Moby-Dick, which had bitten off Ahab’s leg at the knee during a previous encounter.
Jan 4, 2016 · Moby-Dick is a tragic, comic, eccentric and electrifying attempt to come to terms with the riddle of existence; to heal the Cartesian splitting of mind from body; to engage with the whole history ...
Moby-Dick Herman Melville 1851 Introduction Author Biography Plot Summary Characters Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism Sources For Further Study Introduction. Now admired as a masterpiece of American literature and considered one of the greatest novels of all time, Moby-Dick was published to unfavorable reviews, and its author, Herman Melville, was subsequently unable ...
