Bibliograph

Moby Dick, or, The whale, Herman Melville

Type

Label

Moby Dick, or, The whale, Herman Melville

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Moby Dick

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Herman Melville

Sub title

or, The whale

Summary

The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism, and one of the greatest American novels of all time

resource.variantTitle

Whale

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