{"product_id":"ungraspable-phantom-essays-on-moby-dick-paperback","title":"Ungraspable Phantom: Essays on Moby-Dick - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBercaw Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Bryant\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTimothy Marr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of essays presented at the sesquicentenary Moby-Dick conference\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twenty-one essays collected in \u003cem\u003e\"Ungraspable Phantom\"\u003c\/em\u003e are from an international conference held in 2001 celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick.\u003c\/em\u003e The essays reflect not only a range of problems and approaches but also the cosmopolitan perspective of international scholarship. They offer new thoughts on familiar topics: the novel's problematic structure, its sources in and reinvention of the Bible, its Lacanian and post-Freudian psychology, and its rhetoric. They also present fresh information on new areas of interest: Melville's creative process, law and jurisprudence, Freemasonry and labor, race, Latin Americanism, and the Native American.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholars, students, and readers of \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e will find this collection of essays fresh and insightful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Bryant\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of English at Hofstra University and served as editor of the \u003cem\u003eMelville Society Extracts.\u003c\/em\u003e His other books include \u003cem\u003eMelville and Repose: The Rhetoric of Humor in the American Renaissance, A Companion to Melville Studies, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMelville's Evermoving Dawn: Centennial Essays.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary K. Bercaw Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e is associate professor of English at the University of Connecticut. Her previous publications include \u003cem\u003eCannibal Old Me: Spoken Sources Melville's Early Works, Melville's Sources\u003c\/em\u003e (1987) and \u003cem\u003eHerman Melville's Whaling Years\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), which she co-edited with Thomas Farel Heffernan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Marr\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Cultural Roots of American Islamicism\u003c\/em\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48461220577529,"sku":"9781606350683","price":95.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UColQS3-rg9781606350683.webp?v=1780260801","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ungraspable-phantom-essays-on-moby-dick-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}