Cetology, Cosmology, Epistemology

This chapter focuses on the significance of the White Whale to Ishmael, whose quest for Leviathan raises questions of cetology, cosmology, and epistemology. In Moby-Dick 's cetological chapters, part of Ishmael's mission is to attain practical and philosophical wisdom from his whaling expe...

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Main Author: Cook, Jonathan A.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Cornell University Press 2021
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White whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9780875804644.003.0004
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spelling crcornellup:10.7591/cornell/9780875804644.003.0004 2024-06-09T07:50:07+00:00 Cetology, Cosmology, Epistemology Cook, Jonathan A. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9780875804644.003.0004 en eng Cornell University Press Inscrutable Malice page 110-158 ISBN 9780875804644 9781501757167 book-chapter 2021 crcornellup https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9780875804644.003.0004 2024-05-14T12:54:06Z This chapter focuses on the significance of the White Whale to Ishmael, whose quest for Leviathan raises questions of cetology, cosmology, and epistemology. In Moby-Dick 's cetological chapters, part of Ishmael's mission is to attain practical and philosophical wisdom from his whaling experience which portrayed significant allusions to biblical wisdom. Ishmael's review of cetology reflects the contemporary Romantic critique of science, together with support from older metaphorical languages of myth and mysticism. Additionally, the epistemology of Ishmael's discussion of whales and whaling subsumes a broad range of literary prototypes. Ishmael's description of sperm-squeezing is a secularized act of Christian conversion replete with biblical language and imagery. Book Part White whale Cornell University Press 110 158
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