Ahab’s Solipsism and the Illusion of Self-Reliance: The Career of Herman Melville

[Introduction] What’s eating moody Ahab? In Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, Ahab is obsessed with hunting the white whale and cannot rest until he gets his revenge. His monomania germinates before the start of the novel, when a misadventure with Moby Dick results in a cruel disfigurement. Ahab cannot f...

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Main Author: Liu, Victoria
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/14270/
https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/14270/1/Liu,%20Victoria%20%20-%20McClure%20-%20English.pdf
https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092021-171613155