Book contents
- The Value of Herman Melville
- The Value of Herman Melville
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Living the Experience
- 2 He Knew Not What It Would Become
- 3 Grief's Fire
- 4 Susceptibilities
- 5 Disportings
- 6 A New Way of Being Happy
- 7 The Meaning of Moby-Dick
- 8 As If!
- 9 Camp Melville
- 10 Courting Surprise
- 11 All Things Trying
- 12 The Noncommunicating Central Self
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
7 - The Meaning of Moby-Dick
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 September 2018
- The Value of Herman Melville
- The Value of Herman Melville
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Living the Experience
- 2 He Knew Not What It Would Become
- 3 Grief's Fire
- 4 Susceptibilities
- 5 Disportings
- 6 A New Way of Being Happy
- 7 The Meaning of Moby-Dick
- 8 As If!
- 9 Camp Melville
- 10 Courting Surprise
- 11 All Things Trying
- 12 The Noncommunicating Central Self
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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- The Value of Herman Melville , pp. 67 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018