Chasing the White Whale
Download or Read eBook Chasing the White Whale PDF written by David Dowling and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2010-11-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : David Dowling |
| Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2010-11-28 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781587299063 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1587299062 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Chasing the White Whale by : David Dowling
Book excerpt: "There have been a lot of crazy books about Melville and Moby-Dickiut this isn't one of them. Dowling's overarching analogy, between Ishmael's and Melville's obsessions and the annual marathon group-reading of Moby-Dick in New Bedford, makes perfect sense and generates illuminating analyses of the novel and its cultural contexts. It also lets him open his book up into a passionate exploration of how great literature can still play a vital role in people's lives today"-Damion Searls, editor, Thoreau's The Journal: 1837-1861 and Melville's; or The Whale --Book Jacket.
