“The Key to it All”: Why Are We Obsessed with Ishmael, and Are Likely to Continue to Be Obsessed with Him?
Rather than focusing on Ahab’s or Ishmael’s obsession with the White Whale, in my essay I wish to explore the reasons why critics have become obsessed with Ishmael. This critical obsession began to emerge in the 1940s, after the Melville Revival, when, as Clare Spark has shown, critics were mostly “...
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| Julkaisussa: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas, |
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Kieli: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2023
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |