The Whiteness of the Will: Ahab and the Matter of Monomania

Book chapter

The Whiteness of the Will: Ahab and the Matter of Monomania

Meredith Farmer, Jonathan Schroeder and Samuel Otter

Ahab unbound: Melville and the materialist turn

University of Minnesota Press

2022

Abstract

Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)

Captain Ahab

Characters

History and criticism

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

Materialism in literature

Sailors in literature

Sea stories, American

Whaling in literature

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Details

Title: The Whiteness of the Will; Moby Dick.
Creators: Meredith Farmer (Editor)
Jonathan Schroeder - Brandeis University, Interdepartmental Program in American Studies
Samuel Otter (Editor)
Publication Details: Ahab unbound: Melville and the materialist turn
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; Minneapolis
Number of pages: 1 online resource (pages cm)
Identifiers: 9924111811001921
Academic Unit: Interdepartmental Program in American Studies
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter