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Chasing the white whale[electronic resource] :the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	813/.3
書名/作者:	Chasing the white whale : the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today // by David Dowling.
作者:	Dowling, David Oakey,
出版者:	Iowa City : : University of Iowa Press,, c2010.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (viii, 242 p.) : : ill.
附註:	"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 inthe 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.
標題:	Whales in literature.
標題:	Whaling in literature.
標題:	Sea stories, American - History and criticism.
ISBN:	9781587299407 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	1587299402 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	9781587299063 (pbk.)
ISBN:	1587299062 (pbk.)
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and index.
內容註:	Shipping out -- That everlasting itch: the allure of whaling and marathon reading -- Queequeg's ink: the dilemma of reading the inscrutable -- Readers and crew -- Captain and mates: honored readers -- Harpooners and sailors: the unsung readers -- Twenty-five tumultuous hours -- Survival: enduring the sledge-hammering seas of the soul -- The breach: exulting in the whale.
摘要、提要註:	"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 inthe 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.
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Chasing the white whale[electronic resource] :the Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today /
Dowling, David Oakey,1967-

Chasing the white whalethe Moby-Dick marathon ; or, what Melville means today /[electronic resource] :by David Dowling. - Iowa City :University of Iowa Press,c2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 242 p.) :ill.

"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 inthe 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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and index.

Shipping out -- That everlasting itch: the allure of whaling and marathon reading -- Queequeg's ink: the dilemma of reading the inscrutable -- Readers and crew -- Captain and mates: honored readers -- Harpooners and sailors: the unsung readers -- Twenty-five tumultuous hours -- Survival: enduring the sledge-hammering seas of the soul -- The breach: exulting in the whale.

"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 inthe 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.

ISBN: 9781587299407 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

384803
Melville, Herman,
1819-1891.Moby Dick.Subjects--Topical Terms:

531151
Whales in literature.

LC Class. No.: PS2384.M62 / D69 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.3

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