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New essay collection reads Moby-Dick through philosophy

Original: 📚️ 🐋 Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale: Philosophical Perspectives "The wide-ranging set of essays approach the issue

A new collection of essays, 'Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale: Philosophical Perspectives', examines the novel's question of significance through German idealism, American transcendentalism, and thinkers such as Nietzsche and Heidegger who rebelled against those traditions. Readers and academics are sharing the book online, praising its wide-ranging philosophical approach to a classic of American literature.

Why now: A newly discussed scholarly essay collection on a literary classic naturally draws attention from readers and academics.

Herman MelvilleMoby-DickNietzscheHeidegger

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• 📚️ 🐋 Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale: Philosophical Perspectives "The wide-ranging set of essays approach the issue of significance in Moby-Dick in relation to German idealism, American transcendentalism, and to the thinkers (Nietzsche, Heidegger) who rebelled against… · bibliolater@vivaldi.net · 6

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