Chasing the White Whale - The Moby-dick Marathon; Or, What Melville Means Today

Klappentext "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 participate in the event for the full twenty-five hours. He survived to (tell) the tale of the voyage to the marathon reading that organizes his critical analysis of the novel from its romantic departure to its sledgehammering seas! detailing the culture of the top brass to the common crew and scrutinizing the inscrutable in and through Melville's great novel"--Provided by publisher. Zusammenfassung Provides an account of the annual twenty-five-hour nonstop reading of Melville’s Moby-Dick. With some trepidation, the author joined the ranks of the Melvillians, among the world’s most obsessive literary aficionados, to participate in the event for its full length, from 'Call Me Ishmael' to the destruction of the Pequod.

Product details

• Authors: David Dowling
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2010
• EAN: 9781587299063
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-906-3
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Amerika, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General