Why Read Moby-Dick?
Why Read Moby-Dick?

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0143123971

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A “brilliant and provocative” (The New Yorker) celebration of Melville’s masterpiece—from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Philbrick’s enlightening and entertaining tour through Melville’s classic. As he did in his National Book Award–winning bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick brings a sailor’s eye and an adventurer’s passion to unfolding the story behind an epic American journey. He skillfully navigates Melville’s world and illuminates the book’s humor and unforgettable characters—finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. An ideal match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? will start conversations, inspire arguments, and make a powerful case that this classic tale waits to be discovered anew. “Gracefully written [with an] infectious enthusiasm…”—New York Times Book Review

MOBY DICK (Modern Classics Series)
MOBY DICK (Modern Classics Series)

Author: Herman Melville

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 687

ISBN-13:

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This carefully crafted ebook: "MOBY DICK (Modern Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville: first published in 1851, considered to be one of the Great American Novels and a treasure of world literature, one of the great epics in all of literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge...

Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick

Author: Harold Bloom

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0791093638

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Herman Melville was already considered to be a successful author when he wrote Moby-Dick in just under two years. Yet despite his earlier success, the novel was widely misunderstood by its 19th-century readers, who expected a more traditional adventure novel. Today Moby-Dick is considered to be an undisputed classic, and many believe it to be the epitome of the great American novel. With an unforgettable cast of characters, inluding the mad Captain Ahab, Melville skillfully documents the Pequod crew's tragic hunt for the great white whale. The full-length essays presented in Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Updated Edition provide expert commentary on the huge canvas of symbols themes, and subjects presented in this novel, as well as an introduction, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index, that will help students navigate confidently through Melville's masterpiece.

Moby Dick
Moby Dick

Author: Herman Melville

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1602704163

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Call me Ishmael. I have set sail on a whaling ship to try my hand at whaling. But our captain has his own prey. We have been traveling the seas looking for the white whale, Moby Dick, who causes destruction wherever he swims. Will we survive a battle with the great whale? Find out in this stunning graphic novel adaptation of Herman Melville's classic by Rod Espinosa. Creator biographies and a glossary help reluctant readers take the first step on the road to classic literature.

Studies in Classic American Literature
Studies in Classic American Literature

Author: D. H. Lawrence

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9780521550161

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Landmark volume of D. H. Lawrence's writings on American literature including major essays on Poe, Hawthorne, Melville and Whitman.

Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick

Author: Michael J. Davey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1317797302

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No book is more central to the study of nineteenth-century American literature than Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or The Whale. First published it 1851, it still speaks powerfully to readers today. Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's work. It draws together: *an introduction to the contexts in which Melville was writing and relevant contextual documents, including letters *chronology of key facts and dates *critical history and extracts from early reviews and modern criticism *fully annotated key passages from the novel *a list of biblical allusions *an annotated guide to further reading. Extensive cross-references link contextual information, critical materials and passages from the novel providing a wide-ranging view of the work and ensuring a successful and enjoyable encounter with the world of Moby-Dick.

Herman Melville's Moby Dick
Herman Melville's Moby Dick

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780590380553

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Presents Herman Melville's enthralling story of Captain Ahab's furious and ill-fated quest for the great white whale in an adaptation prepared for younger readers.

Moby Dick
Moby Dick

Author: Herman Melville

Publisher:

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 9780543856104

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This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition.

Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick

Author: Herman Melville

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 760

ISBN-13:

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In this adaptation of Melville's masterpiece, McCaughrean recounts the tale of the obsessed Captain Ahab, as he pursues the great white whale--a creature as vast and dangerous as the sea itself. 55 illustrations, 25 in color.

Moby Dick
Moby Dick

Author: James L. Roberts

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780822008521

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Summaries and critical commentaries about Moby Dick.