Study Guide to Moby Dick by Herman Melville (eBook)

Intelligent Education (Urheber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
178 Seiten
Dexterity (Verlag)
978-1-64542-209-9 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Herman Melvilles Moby Dick, deemed by author Raymond Weaver as ';indisputably the greatest whaling novel.'As an 1851 tragic epic, Moby Dick tells the story of a captain's expedition to track down and seek revenge on a whale from the point of view of one of the sailors. Moreover, Melville uses allusion, simile, and metaphor to showcase themes such as revenge, sanity, and human limitations. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Melville's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains:- Introductions to the Author and the Work- Character Summaries- Plot Guides- Section and Chapter Overviews- Test Essay and Study Q&AsThe Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Inhalt

CONTENTS



1) Introduction to Herman Melville



2) Brief Summary of Moby Dick



3) Textual Analysis

Chapters 1–9

Chapters 10–29

Chapters 30–45

Chapters 46–63

Chapters 64–81

Chapters 82–101

Chapters 102–118

Chapters 119–135



4) Character Analyses



5) Critical Commentary



6) Essay Questions and Answers



7) Bibliography and Guide to Further Research

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.2.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Bright Notes
• Reihe/Serie: Bright Notes
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: 1850 novels • 1851 novels • Ahab • Allegory • American Novel • american novels adapted into films • Cape Cod • Essex • fictional whales • harpoon • Herman Melville • ishmael • manhattan island • maritime folklore • Massachusetts • Moby Dick • Moby-Dick • mocha dick • ocen • Polynesian Queequeg • prosthetics in fiction • Renaissance • Romantic • sailing novels • Sailors • Sea • Ship • sperma whale • stubb • the whale • United states whaling • whaling • white whale
• ISBN-10: 1-64542-209-7 / 1645422097
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64542-209-9 / 9781645422099