Call Me Ishmael

by Charles Olson

Book Overview

One of the most stimulating essays ever written on Moby Dick, and for that matter on any piece of literature, and the forces behind it."--San Francisco Chronicle

First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences--especially Shakespearean ones--on Melville's writing of Moby-Dick. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the "theory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801857317
• ISBN13: 9780801857317
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher