The prosthetic arts of Moby-Dick /

"The Prosthetic Arts of Moby-Dick examines how disability shapes one of the world's most iconic novels. For generations, readers have viewed Captain Ahab's whalebone leg as a symbol of what he lacks, the limb he lost fighting the white whale off the coast of Japan. David Haven Blake c...

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Main Author:	Blake, David Haven (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Subjects:	Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Moby Dick. Ahab, > Captain (Fictitious character) Prosthesis in literature. Disabilities in literature. Prothèses dans la littérature. Handicap dans la littérature. Action & Adventure. FICTION. Classics. LITERARY CRITICISM. Regional. American. Literature: history & criticism. Literature. Electronic books. Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.
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by Blake, David Haven
Published 2024

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