The Resource Moby-Dick, Herman Melville
Moby-Dick, Herman Melville
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- Summary
- A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel, and a wealth of information on whales and nineteenth-century whaling, Melville's greatest work presents an imaginative and thrilling picture of life at sea, as well as a portrait of heroic determination. The author's keen powers of observation and firsthand knowledge of shipboard life (he served aboard a whaler himself) were key ingredients in crafting a maritime story that dramatically examines the conflict between man and nature. A masterpiece of storytelling and symbolic realism, this thrilling maritime adventure and epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and vengeful sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him and came to dominate his life. But more than just the tale of a hair-raising voyage, Melville's riveting story passionately probes the human soul. A literary classic first published in 1851, Moby-Dick remains among the most highly acclaimed novels of the sea and a powerful account of the ultimate human struggle
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 452 pages
- Isbn
- 9780486432151
- Label
- Moby-Dick
- Title
- Moby-Dick
- Statement of responsibility
- Herman Melville
- Subject
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- Whaling
- Whaling ships
- Psychological fiction
- Mentally ill
- Psychological fiction
- Adventure fiction
- Whaling -- Fiction
- Sea stories
- Whales -- Fiction
- Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)
- Whales
- Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Ship captains -- Fiction
- Ship captains
- Mentally ill -- Fiction
- Whaling ships -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel, and a wealth of information on whales and nineteenth-century whaling, Melville's greatest work presents an imaginative and thrilling picture of life at sea, as well as a portrait of heroic determination. The author's keen powers of observation and firsthand knowledge of shipboard life (he served aboard a whaler himself) were key ingredients in crafting a maritime story that dramatically examines the conflict between man and nature. A masterpiece of storytelling and symbolic realism, this thrilling maritime adventure and epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and vengeful sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him and came to dominate his life. But more than just the tale of a hair-raising voyage, Melville's riveting story passionately probes the human soul. A literary classic first published in 1851, Moby-Dick remains among the most highly acclaimed novels of the sea and a powerful account of the ultimate human struggle
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.3
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS2384
- LC item number
- .M6 2003
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Dover giant thrift editions
- Label
- Moby-Dick, Herman Melville
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 452 pages
- Isbn
- 9780486432151
- Lccn
- 2003048599
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 548). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Shneidman collection of books relating to Herman Melville. Item is in box 20. Illustrated glazed wrappers. Gift, Edwin S. and David W. Shneidman.
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)52090568
- ucoclc52090568
- Label
- Moby-Dick, Herman Melville
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 452 pages
- Isbn
- 9780486432151
- Lccn
- 2003048599
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 548). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Shneidman collection of books relating to Herman Melville. Item is in box 20. Illustrated glazed wrappers. Gift, Edwin S. and David W. Shneidman.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)52090568
- ucoclc52090568
Subject
- Adventure fiction
- Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)
- Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Mentally ill
- Mentally ill -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Sea stories
- Ship captains
- Ship captains -- Fiction
- Whales
- Whales -- Fiction
- Whaling
- Whaling -- Fiction
- Whaling ships
- Whaling ships -- Fiction
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Library Locations
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UCLA Library Special CollectionsBorrow itA1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575, US34.0749691 -118.441466
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