Moby Dick: the Myth and the Symbol: A Study in Folklore and Literature |
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... texts agree that during the battle a large number of boats was destroyed and many sailors killed . All these texts can be considered as more or less faithful reproductions of a folk tale ( or folk tales ? ) . The texts vary greatly in ...
... texts agree that during the battle a large number of boats was destroyed and many sailors killed . All these texts can be considered as more or less faithful reproductions of a folk tale ( or folk tales ? ) . The texts vary greatly in ...
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... texts . Generally all these texts show a close similarity regarding the external appearance and the character of the White Whale . All of them agree in their description of the havoc he caused and in the way the whale attacked ships and ...
... texts . Generally all these texts show a close similarity regarding the external appearance and the character of the White Whale . All of them agree in their description of the havoc he caused and in the way the whale attacked ships and ...
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... texts ( the Bible and the texts inspired by it , the Physiologus , emblems , etc. ) . In these texts the symbolism is almost always religious the whale repre- senting in them either Satan or God . With this newly acquired knowledge of ...
... texts ( the Bible and the texts inspired by it , the Physiologus , emblems , etc. ) . In these texts the symbolism is almost always religious the whale repre- senting in them either Satan or God . With this newly acquired knowledge of ...
Contents
List of Illustrations | 11 |
Reynolds Mocha Dick | 42 |
Newells Account | 55 |
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