Why read Moby-Dick?
Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. I...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Downloads eBook Books eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2011.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000Ka 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ODN0000592354 | ||
| 005 | 20180802160400.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr cn unuuu | ||
| 008 | 130827s2011 nyu s 000 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9781101545218 |q (electronic bk) | ||
| 037 | |a D8087220-0635-4F58-896D-54F1495286DE |b OverDrive, Inc. |n http://www.overdrive.com | ||
| 040 | |a TEFOD |c TEFOD | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a PS2384.M62 |b P55 2011 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 813/.3 |2 22 |
| 084 | |a HIS054000 |a LIT004020 |2 bisacsh | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Philbrick, Nathaniel. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Why read Moby-Dick? |h [eBook] / |c Nathaniel Philbrick. |
| 260 | |c 2011. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest of the Great American Novels, yet its length and esoteric subject matter create an aura of difficulty that too often keeps readers at bay. Fortunately, one unabashed fan wants passionately to give Melville's masterpiece the broad contemporary audience it deserves. In his National Book Award- winning bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick captivatingly unpacked the story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex, the real-life incident that inspired Melville to write Moby- Dick. Now, he sets his sights on the fiction itself, offering a cabin master's tour of a spellbinding novel rich with adventure and history. Philbrick skillfully navigates Melville's world and illuminates the book's humor and unforgettable characters-finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. A perfect match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? gives us a renewed appreciation of both Melville and the proud seaman's town of Nantucket that Philbrick himself calls home. Like Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, this remarkable little book will start conversations, inspire arguments, and, best of all, bring a new wave of readers to a classic tale waiting to be discovered anew. | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b New York : |c Penguin Books, |d 2011. | ||
| 538 | |a Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 218 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Melville, Herman, |d 1819-1891 |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sea stories, American |x History and criticism. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
| 776 | 1 | |c Original |z 9780143123972 | |
| 856 | 7 | 8 | |u http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=288&titleID=592354 |y Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| 999 | |a 411580 | ||
