{"product_id":"call-me-ishmael-paperback","title":"Call Me Ishmael - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Olson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMerton M. Sealts\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most stimulating essays ever written on \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, and for that matter on any piece of literature, and the forces behind it.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences--especially Shakespearean ones--on Melville's writing of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the \"theory of the two \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dicks\u003c\/i\u003e,\" Olson argues that there were two versions of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, and that Melville's reading \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e for the first time in between the first and second versions of the book had a profound impact on his conception of the saga: \"the first book did not contain Ahab,\" writes Olson, and \"it may not, except incidentally, have contained Moby-Dick.\" If literary critics and reviewers at the time responded with varying degrees of skepticism to the \"theory of the two \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003es,\" it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Olson \u003c\/b\u003e(1910-1970), an avant garde poet, literary critic, and literary theorist, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Maximus Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Distances\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Human Universe and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Hell, in Thicket\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.38 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451586396338,"sku":"9780801857317","price":58.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6de2079ff8893e160729023052921881.webp?v=1778797722","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/call-me-ishmael-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}