Dive Deeper - Journeys With Moby-Dick

Zusatztext The book works so well because it is both seriouse and seriously entertaining ... this new companion is as affable as it is smart. Informationen zum Autor George Cotkin is the author of William James, Public Philosopher (University of Illinois Press, 1994); Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture (Twayne, 1992), Existential America (Hopkins, 2003) and, Morality's Muddy Waters: Ethical Quandaries in Modern America (University of Pennsylvania 2010) Klappentext An easy-to-navigate guide to Herman Melville's epic American novel, Dive Deeper consists of 135 brief chapters, along with Etymology, Extracts, and Epilogue, each keyed to a phrase, issue, image, sensibility or notion in corresponding chapters of the original. Zusammenfassung An easy-to-navigate guide to Herman Melville's epic American novel, Dive Deeper consists of 135 brief chapters, along with Etymology, Extracts, and Epilogue, each keyed to a phrase, issue, image, sensibility or notion in corresponding chapters of the original.

Product details

• Authors: George Cotkin, Cotkin George
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2012
• EAN: 9780199855735
• ISBN: 978-0-19-985573-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Amerika, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Films, cinema, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Classic fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Performing Arts / Film, Television & Radio