Blogs about: Herman Melville
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Snark, the Early Days
The latest issue of the New York Review of Books features a piece (subscribers only) by Christopher Benfey on the work of Transcendentalist writer Margaret Fuller, who was among the first well-known a… more →
Mark Athitakis' American Fiction Notes
It's not showing off if you're good
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paullamb wrote 1 day ago: I remember reading long ago that those who read exclusively for plot are something like those who ca … more →
Some Gin for Ernest Hemingway.
Josh Haun wrote 2 days ago: So… having finally conquered the infamous White Whale (Melville’s Moby Dick), I have mov … more →
A Satiric Abridgement of Billy Budd; or Melville Was Too Verbose
thelastnerd wrote 4 days ago: Chapter 1 In the time before steamships, the “Handsome Sailor” was a naval equivolent of … more →
Sebald, Uncomfortable Modernist
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Terry wrote 6 days ago: Over at the Green Integer Blog there is a thought-provoking post in which the author tries to come t … more →
The largest testicles in the Kingdom
cultandpaste wrote 1 week ago: Though Michael Wandelmaier’s woolly whales are long gone, the Right Whale is still holding on … more →
Flowers in the sky (III)
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Robin wrote 1 week ago: (055: 4th of July fireworks. Photo © 2009 by Robin) We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousan … more →
I Prefer Not To
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toddcobb wrote 2 weeks ago: I prefer not to. This must be the week for quitting. Governor Sarah Palin (R. Alaska) announced at a … more →
Unfinished Revolutions and contested notions of "identity"
clarespark wrote 2 weeks ago: Anyone who has followed recent developments in history and politics should be amazed by the ubiquity … more →
Nantucket Part 5
gatorpreservationist wrote 2 weeks ago: Thursday, Day 11, included a lecture on authenticity, one of my least favorite topics because it … more →
View Point - 7
srinutamada wrote 4 weeks ago: Author: Herman Melville Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the oran … more →
Stream Moby's new album...
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jshady wrote 1 month ago: …right here for free. If you dig it, be sure to pick up “Wait For Me” on June 30t … more →
A Hilarious Etymology
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awessels wrote 1 month ago: On the plane yesterday I was reading Moby Dick and came across the following line in the chapter … more →
Interesting search results of "inanimate objects"
1websurfer wrote 1 month ago: I was thinking about the changes that will take place in the following weeks relating to th … more →
Opera Libretti
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R.A.D. Stainforth wrote 1 month ago: I have been wondering what it would have been like had the text of a particular opera (say, La trav … more →
Take Heart, O Bulkington!
amoslanka wrote 1 month ago: Herman Melville begins the unreasonably short chapter 23 of Moby Dick by mentioning Bulkington, a ma … more →
Will Eisner's Adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
ed biblioklept wrote 1 month ago: Will Eisner’s adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick was one of his last works, comp … more →
Methinks
amoslanka wrote 2 months ago: Methinks that what they call my shadow here on earth is my true substance. Methinks that in looking … more →
Moby Dick - A Tribute to Jack Aranson
mypassionisbooks wrote 2 months ago: Book cover of Moby Dick by Herman Melville I really hadn’t thought about Jack Aranson before, … more →
Literary Mash-Up Extravaganza, Day #4
gotheca wrote 2 months ago: Long Day’s Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne’s science fiction classic of a … more →
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