|
|
|
Item Details
Title:
|
CALL ME ISHMAEL
|
By: |
Charles Olson, Merton M. Sealts |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
|
£21.50 |
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0801857317 |
ISBN 13: |
9780801857317 |
Publisher: |
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
19 October, 1997 |
Pages: |
164 |
Description: |
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. |
Synopsis: |
First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences-especially Shakespearean ones-on Melville's writing of Moby-Dick. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the "theory of the two Moby-Dicks," Olson argues that there were two versions of Moby-Dick, and that Melville's reading King Lear for the first time in between the first and second versions of the book had a profound impact on his conception of the saga: "the first book did not contain Ahab," writes Olson, and "it may not, except incidentally, have contained Moby-Dick." 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. |
Illustrations: |
No |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
|
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|