Moby-Dick and Melville''s Anti-Slavery Allegory
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
ISBN-10
3319848631
ISBN-13
9783319848631
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 1st, 2018
Print length
234 Pages
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After clarifying the hidden allegory interconnecting black slaves and black whales, this book carefully sheds the layers of a hidden meaning that will be too convincing to ignore for future readings: Moby-Dick is ultimately a novel that is intimately connected with questions of race, slavery, and the state.
This book unfurls and examines the anti-slavery allegory at the subtextual core of Herman Melville''s famed novel, Moby-Dick. Brian Pellar points to symbols and allusions in the novel such as the albinism of the famed whale, the "Ship of State" motif, Calhoun''s "cords," the equator, Jonah, Narcissus, St. Paul, and Thomas Hobbe''s Leviathan. The work contextualizes these devices within a historical discussion of the Compromise of 1850 and subsequently strengthened Fugitive Slave Laws. Drawing on a rich variety of sources such as unpublished papers, letters, reviews, and family memorabilia, the chapters discuss the significance of these laws within Melville''s own life.
After clarifying the hidden allegory interconnecting black slaves and black whales, this book carefully sheds the layers of a hidden meaning that will be too convincing to ignore for future readings: Moby-Dick is ultimately a novel that is intimately connected with questions of race, slavery, and the state.
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