Moby-Dick
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William Faulkner on wishing he’d written Moby-Dick (1851)
By Jay Innis Murray TO THE BOOK EDITOR OF The Chicago Tribune*, It is a difficult question. I can name offhand several books which I should like to have written, if only for the privilege of rewriting parts of them. But I dare say there are any number of angels in heaven today (particularly recent… Continue reading
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“Who aint a slave?” A Note on Melville and Slavery
A note on Melville and slavery Continue reading
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A Note on the Etymology Section of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
Melville invites us to turn the tables on him by starting with Etymology. We are miles from Call me Ishmael here. So, turn the tables. An usher is an assistant teacher, a job he once had. But the etymology of usher comes from Old French and Latin for a doorman. He’s got a doorkeeper at… Continue reading
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