481 Moby Dick - 10 Essential Questions (Part One)
The History of Literature
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Herman Melville's Distrust of Language
Herman Melville famously begins his novel with the famous line, call me ishmail. We are going on a voyage hundreds of pages long, full of narrative and knowledge all being told by this guy named Ishmael. Carlisle: What does it mean for Melville's character to be an ancestor of Muhammad in Muslim tradition? And we will start with question number 10 - do we call him ishmail?
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