Mocha Dick

Author : Jeremiah N. Reynolds
Publisher : Sicpress.com
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-06
Category : Sperm whale
ISBN : 0615795943

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Mocha Dick by Jeremiah N. Reynolds Pdf

Jeremiah N. Reynolds (1799-1858), an American newspaper editor, lecturer, explorer and author who became an influential advocate for scientific expeditions. Reynolds gathered first-hand observations of Mocha Dick, an albino sperm whale off Chile who bedeviled a generation of whalers for thirty years before succumbing to one. Mocha Dick survived many skirmishes (by some accounts at least 100) with whalers before he was eventually killed. In May 1839, The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine published Reynolds' "Mocha Dick: Or the White Whale of the Pacific," the inspiration for Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. In Reynolds' account, Mocha Dick was killed in 1838, after he appeared to come to the aid of a distraught cow whose calf had just been slain by the whalers. His body was 70 feet long and yielded 100 barrels of oil, along with some ambergris. He also had several harpoons in his body.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Castellnou
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788498049138

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MOBY DICK by Herman Melville Pdf

Moby Dick és la novel·la més important de Melville. Explica l'obsessió d'un home, el capità Ahab, per matar Moby Dick, una balena en la qual veu l'encarnació del Mal. Ahab actua mogut per l'odi a l'animal que, una vegada, li va arrencar una cama. Però, per sobre del ressentiment, predomina la seva convicció que Moby Dick és un ésser malèfic que el destí ha decidit posar davant d'ell perquè el mati o perquè mori en l'intent.

Author : Brian Heinz
Publisher : Creative Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1568462425

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Mocha Dick: The Legend and Fury by Brian Heinz Pdf

"A tour de force of design, story and illustration." - Kirkus Starred Review In 1839, Herman Melville was among the New Yorkers who thrilled to a magazine account of a white sperm whale's attacks on whaling ships. That whale was named Mocha Dick, but 12 years later, he would be immortalized in fiction as Moby-Dick. Believed to have been active from 1810 to 1859, Mocha Dick was infamous for the ferocity of his retaliations against those who attempted to capture him. From the first recorded encounter near the South American island of Mocha till the fatal harpoon blow, Mocha Dick was a legend in his own time. In language befitting a sea lore, author Brain Heinz describes characteristic episodes of the great whale's life, as illustrator Randall Enos animates the tale in a textured style evocative of scrimshaw.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 2491251280

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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville Pdf

Author : Graham Faiella
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0823945057

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Moby Dick and the Whaling Industry of the 19th Century by Graham Faiella Pdf

Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Herman Melville's novel, "Moby Dick," which was published in the 1850s and based on the author's own experience at sea.

Author : Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466820456

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Moby Dick by Eric A. Kimmel Pdf

AHOY! Come with us aboard the Pequod. We search for Moby Dick, the Great White Whale! Along with Captain Ahab, you'll meet danger face to face, hunting the fiercest creature the seas have ever known! Are you brave enough— and bold enough— for the adventure of your life? The award-winning author and illustrator team of Eric A. Kimmel and Andrew Glass introduce a new generation of readers to a magnificent and memorable retelling of Herman Melville's masterpiece, Moby Dick.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101100431

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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Pdf

This American masterpiece is a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception and is now available in a Penguin enriched eBook classic.

Author : Jeremiah N. Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39076006244409

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Mocha Dick; or, The white whale of the Pacific by Jeremiah N. Reynolds Pdf

Author : Herman Melville,G. Thomas Tanselle
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0810102684

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Moby-Dick, Or The Whale by Herman Melville,G. Thomas Tanselle Pdf

In Moby Dick Melville set out to write a "mighty book" on "a mighty theme." The editors of this critical text affirm that he succeeded. Nevertheless, their prolonged examination of the novel reveals textual flaws and anomalies that help to explain Melville's fears that his great work was in some ways a hash or a botch. A lengthy historical note also gives a fresh account of Melville's earlier literary career and his working conditions as he wrote; it also analyzes the book's contemporary reception and outlines how it finally achieved fame. Other sections review theories of the book's genesis, detail the circumstances of its publication, and present documents closely relating to the story. This scholarly edition is based on collations of both editions published during Melville's lifetime, it adopts 185 revisions and corrections from the English edition and incorporates 237 emendations by the series editors. This is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).

Author : getAbstract AG
Publisher : getAbstract AG
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798887270005

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Summary of Moby Dick by Herman Melville by getAbstract AG Pdf

Stories of ill-fated ships and their legendary captains have long pervaded human culture, both high-brow and popular: Think Richard Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman, or the Disney concoctions The Black Pearl and Captain Sparrow. But arguably none are more iconic than the Pequod and its Captain Ahab, the grimly obsessed whaleman chasing his white whale. Herman Melville’s Moby Dick is many things – a portable whaling museum, a pitting of man against nature, and a symbolically rich tale by a literary master. Moreover, readers can understand the Pequod as Melville’s America in microcosm, a political and cultural conceit that offers continued relevance today. The legacy of this great American novel is enduring and vast, including the long-lived symbolism of the white whale and even the ubiquitous coffee chain Starbucks, named after Ahab’s first mate. This summary of Moby Dick was produced by getAbstract, the world's largest provider of book summaries. getAbstract works with hundreds of the best publishers to find and summarize the most relevant content out there. Find out more at getabstract.com.

Author : Robert Zoellner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520023390

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The Salt-sea Mastodon by Robert Zoellner Pdf

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Mer - Récits américains - Histoire et critique
ISBN : 9780791093634

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Herman Melville's Moby-Dick by Harold Bloom Pdf

Herman Melville was already considered to be a successful author when he wrote Moby-Dick in just under two years. Yet despite his earlier success, the novel was widely misunderstood by its 19th-century readers, who expected a more traditional adventure novel. Today Moby-Dick is considered to be an undisputed classic, and many believe it to be the epitome of the great American novel. With an unforgettable cast of characters, inluding the mad Captain Ahab, Melville skillfully documents the Pequod crew's tragic hunt for the great white whale. The full-length essays presented in Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Updated Edition provide expert commentary on the huge canvas of symbols themes, and subjects presented in this novel, as well as an introduction, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index, that will help students navigate confidently through Melville's masterpiece.

Author : Michael J. Davey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317797302

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Herman Melville's Moby-Dick by Michael J. Davey Pdf

No book is more central to the study of nineteenth-century American literature than Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or The Whale. First published it 1851, it still speaks powerfully to readers today. Combining reprinted documents with clear introductions for student readers, this volume examines the contexts of and critical responses to Melville's work. It draws together: *an introduction to the contexts in which Melville was writing and relevant contextual documents, including letters *chronology of key facts and dates *critical history and extracts from early reviews and modern criticism *fully annotated key passages from the novel *a list of biblical allusions *an annotated guide to further reading. Extensive cross-references link contextual information, critical materials and passages from the novel providing a wide-ranging view of the work and ensuring a successful and enjoyable encounter with the world of Moby-Dick.

Author : Christopher John Murray
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 1579584225

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Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 by Christopher John Murray Pdf

Review: "Written to stress the crosscurrent of ideas, this cultural encyclopedia provides clearly written and authoritative articles. Thoughts, themes, people, and nations that define the Romantic Era, as well as some frequently overlooked topics, receive their first encyclopedic treatments in 850 signed articles, with bibliographies and coverage of historical antecedents and lingering influences of romanticism. Even casual browsers will discover much to enjoy here."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.

Author : Henry Brook
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781409585381

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Moby Dick: Usborne Classics Retold by Henry Brook Pdf

A faithful retelling of the classic Herman Melville story about Captain Ahab and his vengeful hunt for the whale Moby Dick. Clearly written in a modern, approachable style, the Classics Retold series is designed to introduce young readers to much-loved classic stories. The text includes informative notes on both the author and the original text, and is ideal for encouraging young readers to pursue an interest in literature.