After the Whale: Melville in the Wake of Moby Dick by Davis, Clark - 1995-08-30

Tuscaloosa: Alabama, 1995. Unknown edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. As new, still in shrink wrap from publisher ... Boards . ISBN: 0817307745. Catalogs: Literary Theory.

Tuscaloosa, AL & London: University of Alabama Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0817307745 . Review copy with material laid in. .

University of Alabama Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1995.

After the Whale: Melville in the Wake of Moby Dick. By Clark Davis Published by University Alabama Press; First Edition, First (August 30, 1995) New 6.3 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches hardcover with new dust jacket. ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0817307745 / ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0817307745.. 256 pages. 11.7 ounces. ----- COMMENTS: The study focuses on Melville's vision of the purpose and function of language from Moby-Dick through Billy Budd with a special emphasis on how language—in function and form—follows and depends on the function and form of the body, how Melville's attitude toward words echoes his attitude toward fish. Davis begins by locating and describing the fundamental dialectic formulated in Moby-Dick in the characters of Ahab and Ishmael. This dialectic produces two visions of bodily reality and two corresponding visions of language: Ahab's, in which language is both weapon and substitute body, and Ishmael's, in which language is an extension of the body—a medium of explanation, conversation, and play.… Read More

University Alabama Press, 1995-08-30. Hardcover. Good.

University Alabama Press, 1995-08-30. 1. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Alabama, 1995. Hardback. Fine/Fine.

University Alabama Press, 1995-08-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!