A Whaler's Dictionary
Taking both form and inspiration from Ishmael’s abandoned "Cetalogical Dictionary," this highly original work muses on myth, representation, language, nature, consciousness, notions of spiritual quest, and other elements of Melville’s masterpiece. From "Accuracy" to "Wound," "Adam" to "Void,"...
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Taking both form and inspiration from Ishmael’s abandoned "Cetalogical Dictionary," this highly original work muses on myth, representation, language, nature, consciousness, notions of spiritual quest, and other elements of Melville’s masterpiece. From "Accuracy" to "Wound," "Adam" to "Void," "Babel" to "Silence," these cross-referential, highly associative entries comprise an utterly singular work of art. A Whaler’s Dictionary is the mesmerizing product of a total immersion into one of the greatest novels in the English language.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781571313096 (1571313095)
Publish date: November 1st 2008
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
If Moby-Dick is the Torah of the white whale (and perhaps of the American novel), then A Whaler’s Dictionary is its Talmud, or at least an interesting and playful chapter in the rich commentary around the seminal (pun on the sperm whale acknowledged and intended) work in the modern American canon.Fu...
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