The Art and Ends of Reading: Moby-Dick 1

Moby-Dick is our American epic, and one of the most densely written books in our language. It “contains the cosmos,” as Harold Bloom writes; and he adds: “I would not change one sentence.” We will do a close reading of the text in Autumn, followed in the Winter by a consideration of major critical commentaries, some of which, at least, have their own magnitude and greatness (e.g., Charles Olsen, Alfred Kazin, Edward Edinger, and others.)

We will still not have done justice to the work, but we may make a beginning toward it.

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