This blog began as my Melvillian reading journal, with reviews, thoughts, and miscellany all relating to Herman Melville and particularly Moby Dick. We did a read of Moby Dick at Librarything in early 2012, and you will find a link on the right hand side, under "Log and Line" that will get you to the lengthy journal enties for that read. But, now we are going asea, into new waters, beyond the Melvillian shoals ...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
The Hadj
Just as every Christmas I think of the Pequod setting sail, so every January one thinks of the Moby Dick Read-a-thon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Jan. 4 through 6, with a webcast available. 'Aft here, ye sons of bachelors!
Omoo and Typee: Sophisticated reading and eroticism in the early Melville
We have a marvelous post today over at the Lectern on Typee and Omoo. This is a must-read for Melville fans. It is a brilliant review; I wish I'd written it myself!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Melville's Marginalia
The next time you want to lose yourself in Melvilliana, check out this site on Melville's marginalia. Go ahead, find the books and start clicking on them.
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