Changes to Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

Shelfari edited the description of Moby-Dick 5 days ago.

~~Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick~~From Library Journal
In a sense, this work is the piece de resistance of the textual revolution in American scholarship of the past generation. The first half is the ~~story~~final MLA "Approved Text" of the classic novel, prepared under the auspices of the Center for Editions of American Authors. The second half consists of an ~~eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against~~Historical Note detailing background, genetic composition, publication, and ensuing critical reception; a ~~creature as vast~~discussion of its textual history; and some relevant marginalia. The work is not only thorough and ~~dangerous~~rigorous, but, considering the scholarly grittiness of the endeavor, surprisingly lucid and ~~unknowable as~~graceful in its exposition. Highly recommended for special collections. Earl Rovit, City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the ~~sea itself. Introduction by Andrew Delbanco Explanatory Commentary by Tom Quirk~~Hardcover edition.

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Shelfari edited the quotations of Moby-Dick 5 days ago.

Added a quotation: “How it is I know not; but there is no place like a bed for confidential disclosures between friends. Man and wife, they say, there open the very bottom of their souls to each other; and some old couples often lie and chat over old times till nearly morning. Thus, then, in our hearts’ honeymoon, lay I and Queequeg—a cosy, loving pair.”Ishamael
Added a quotation: “All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the subtle demonisms of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby Dick. He piled upon the whale’s white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart’s shell upon it.”Ishmael
Added a quotation: “Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale! Thus, I give up the spear!”
Added a quotation: “Call me Ishmael.”

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Amanda edited the quotations of Moby-Dick 5 days ago.

Added a quotation: “There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.”

Amanda edited the glossary of Moby-Dick 5 days ago.

Added the definition of Bilge-pump: A device used to remove water that collects in the very bottom of a ship
Added the definition of Carrol Ground: A whale-hunting area off the coast of Angola, Africa
Added the definition of Jove: Jupiter, the chief god of Roman mythology

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Amanda edited the quotations of Moby-Dick 5 days ago.

Added a quotation: “All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever present perils of life.”
Added a quotation: “Ignorance is the parent of fear . .”
Added a quotation: “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.”

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