My students know that I collect references to Moby-Dick. So here’s the latest:
No, I’m not switching from my iPhone.
My review of Philip Hoare's latest book, The Sea Inside, appeared recently in The National, Abu Dhabi's English-language newspaper. It bore the headline "Deep connections: Philip Hoare's seminal encounter with a blue whale," and you can find it here. The book is a...
Last Tuesday night, I had the pleasure of participating in the "The Final Pursuit," a live closing session for the "Moby-Dick Big Read" hosted by Peninsula Arts at Plymouth University. The event was put together by Peninsula Arts director Sarah Chapman and featured a...
And so, finally, we reach the end. When Moby-Dick was published in London by Richard Bentley on October 18, 1851 (using Melville's original title, The Whale), it seemed to end with the haunting final words of Chapter 135: Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet...
Hiya!
Being among the “Moby Dick” addicted, I think you’d get a kick out of the following:
http://observatoryroom.org/2011/08/04/wheres-ahab-a-three-part-study-of-transcendental-fury/
Hope to see thee.