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1、HermanMelville:MobyDickMobyDick(1851),isnowconsideredoneoftheclassicsofAmericanliterature.oneofHermanMelville’smainworks.HermanMelvillewhenhewastheeighteen-year-oldyoungman,heshippedouttosea,firstonashortcargotrip,then,attwenty-one,onathree-yearSouthSeainventure.F

2、romtheexperiencesaccumulatedonthisvoyagewouldcomethematerialforhisMobyDick.MobydickwasaboutCaptainAhabhatesMobyDick--“thewhitedevil”--becausehelostalegtothewhitewhaleinafight.NowAhab,thecaptainofawhalingship,canonlythinkofonething.HehastofindMobyDickandkillhim.Man

3、yoftheothersailorsontheshipdon'tknowabouttheircaptain'splan.Ishmaelisayoungsailorandthisishisfirstwhalingjob.Heandhisnewfriend,Queequeg,sailwithCaptainAhabonthisexciting-anddagerous--trip.AlsoontheshipareStarbuck,Srubb,andotherwhalersfromdifferentcountries.Heispre

4、paredtosacrificeeverything,includinghislife,thelivesofhiscrewmembers,andevenhisshiptofindanddestroyhisnemesis.Asectionof"WhalingandWhalecraft"featuresproseandgraphicsbyJohnB.Putnam,asampleofcontemporarywhalingengravings,aswellas,newtothisedition,anengravingofTupai

5、Cupa,thereal-lifeinspirationforthecharacterofQueequeg.　　EvokingMelville’sfascinationwiththefluidityofcategorieslikesavageryandcivilization,theimageofTupaiCupafittinglyintroduces"BeforeMoby-Dick:InternationalControversyoverMelville,"anewsectionthatdocumentstheferoc

6、ityofreligions,political,andsexualhostilitytowardMelvilleinreactiontohisearlybooks,beginningwithTypeein1846.　　TheimageofTupaiCupaalsoevokesMelville’sinterestinthemysteryofself-identityandthepossibilityofknowinganotherperson’s"queenlypersonality"(Chapter119).Thatth

7、eme(focusedonMelville,Ishmael,andAhab)ispursuedin"AHandfulofCriticalChallenges,"fromWalterE.Bezanson’sclassiccentennialstudythroughHarrisonHayford’smeditationon"Loomings"andrecentessaysbyCamillePagliaandJohnWenke.　　In"ReviewsofMoby-Dick"emphasizestheongoingreligio

8、ushostilitytowardMelvilleandhighlightsnewdiscoveries,suchasthefirst-knownScottishreviewofTheWhale.　　　　FromForewordthroughSelectedBibliography,thisSesqui