Critical Readings

CR Episode 175: Moby Dick, Part I

May 15, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
2
The Renaissance Amongst Ordinary People
05:13 • 3min
3
The Most Famous Opening Line to Any Novel
07:54 • 1min
4
The Etymology of Whales
09:23 • 3min
5
Whales Weep Not by Deage Lawrence
12:04 • 3min
6
Moby Dick's Lucris
15:10 • 2min
7
Moby Dick: A Metaphorical and Allegorical Novel
17:04 • 2min
8
The Usher and the Sub Sub
18:36 • 3min
9
The Negative Halt of the Sub Sub
21:52 • 2min
10
Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Whale
24:18 • 3min
11
The Obsession of a Sub Sub Librarian
27:32 • 2min
12
Ishmael's Voice: A Frame Around the Frame
29:21 • 2min
13
The Importance of Ambiguity
31:08 • 2min
14
The Importance of a Biblical Name
32:40 • 2min
15
The Ambiguity of the Name of Abraham
34:19 • 3min
16
The Importance of Judgment in Suicide
37:04 • 2min
17
The Habit of Going to See
38:42 • 3min
18
The Suicidal State of a Captain
41:22 • 2min
19
The Sailor's Journey
43:33 • 4min
20
The Ungraspopal Phantom of Life
47:18 • 2min
21
The Carpet Bag
49:33 • 3min
22
The Rise and Fall of Ishmael
52:08 • 2min
23
New Bedford: The Premier Whaling Port
53:44 • 2min
24
The Suicide of Ishmael
55:20 • 4min
25
Peter Coffin: A Common Name in Antucket True
58:59 • 4min
26
The Harpooner's Blanket
01:02:52 • 4min
27
The Harpooner, the Infernal Headpeddler
01:06:27 • 5min
28
Ishmael and the Fetish
01:11:54 • 4min
29
The Importance of Humor in Melville's Story
01:15:31 • 2min
30
The Unusual Ways of a Quick Wake
01:17:58 • 2min
31
The Marriage of Quequeg and Ishmael
01:20:00 • 3min
32
Critical Readings: Part Two of 14
01:23:26 • 2min