Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick

摘要

2019 marked the 200th anniversary of Herman Melville's birth. His classic novel Moby-Dick has been adapted for a variety of media, and literary scholars have spent entire careers analyzing every line on every page. Yet, surprisingly, until now, no one has explored the elements of nature in the book. Richard King's brilliant and beautiful new book fills this void.