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Moby-Dick Critical Essay #1
In the following essay, Davis, an associate professor of English at Northeast Louisiana University, describes how Moby-Dick reflects its author's philosophical, religious, and social ideals.
Since the
revival of interest in Herman Melville in the early 1920s, Moby-Dick, the
author's sixth novel, has come to be considered his masterpiece. Part romantic
sea tale, part philosophical drama, the story of Ishmael, Ahab, and the white
whale combines Melville's experiences aboard the whaler Acushnet with
his later immersion in such classic authors as William Shakespeare, John
Milton, François Rabelais, and Laurence Sterne. After several years as a
sailor, both in the whale fleet and in the United States navy, Melville
returned to his native New York in 1844 and soon began writing about his
experiences. His earliest works, such as Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847),
were loosely based upon his time in the Marquesas Islands and...
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