Call Me Ishmael - Brossura

Olson, Prof Charles

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0801857317 ISBN 13: 9780801857317

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

Riassunto

First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences—especially Shakespearean ones—on Melville's writing ofMoby-Dick. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the "theory of the twoMoby-Dicks," Olson argues that there were two versions of Moby-Dick, and that Melville's readingKing 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 twoMoby-Dicks," it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy.

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Recensione:

"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)

Descrizione del libro:

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

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0801857317
• ISBN 13: 9780801857317
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 168