1st Edition
The Pusher and the Sufferer An Unsentimental Reading of "Moby Dick"
By Suzanne Stein
Copyright 2000
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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Explores the nature of Melville's relations to his reader in Moby Dick, arguing that Melville and his narrator Ishmael are so dazzled, so completely seduced by the Ahab's charismatic charm that they, along with most readers and critics, are unable to see Ahab's character clearly confusing his demonism for tragic heroism.
Introduction: Uses of Melancholy 1. The World as Will 2. Narcissism 3. Seduction 4. Fusion Selected Bibliography Index
Biography
Suzanne Stein