Call Me Ishmael
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Published:23rd Jan '98
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One of the most stimulating essays ever written on Moby Dick, and for that matter on any piece of literature, and the forces behind it."- San Francisco Chronicle
If literary critics and reviewers at the time responded with varying degrees of skepticism to the "theory of the two Moby-Dicks,it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy.First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences--especially Shakespearean ones--on Herman Melville's writing of "Moby-Dick". Olson examines the influence of "King Lear" on Melville's work.
Not only important, but apocalyptic. New York Herald Tribune One of the most stimulating essays ever written on Moby Dick, and for that matter on any piece of literature, and the forces behind it. San Francisco Chronicle Olson has been a tireless student of Melville and every Melville lover owes him a debt for his Scotland Yard pertinacity in getting on the trail of Melville's dispersed library. -- Lewis Mumford New York Times
ISBN: 9780801857317
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 198g
164 pages