Moby-Dick: Ishmael's Mighty BookThe book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. |
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Historical Context | 1 |
A Mighty Book | 9 |
Call Me Ishmael | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Ahab's American Literature become Bulkington Captain Ahab Catskill eagle cetological chap chapter of Moby-Dick Christian Confidence-Man crew critical D. H. Lawrence described doubloon Emerson Emily Dickinson end of chapter epic Essays example experience F. O. Matthiessen Fedallah feel felicities fiction Gilder harpooneers Hawthorne Herman Melville heroic human Includes Ishmael the character Ishmael the narrator Ishmael's vision literary living Loomings mael Mapple's sermon mate meaning Melville's Middlemarch midocean mind Moby Dick Nantucket narrative narratorial natural facts natural world novel ocean older Ishmael Omoo passage Peleg Pequod psychological published Queequeg reader of Moby-Dick recalls reflections Romantic sails scene section of Moby-Dick seems self-conscious sense sharks significance soliloquy soul speaks speculative sperm whale Spouter-Inn squeeze Starbuck Stubb suggest supernatural thematic things thought tion Tragic Hero ungraspable phantom University Press voyage W. H. Auden Walden whaling ship white whale York younger Ishmael