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Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 119 by The Moby-Dick Big Read: Chapters 114 to 120 « Eva Stalker

The Moby-Dick Big Read: Chapters 114 to 120 « Eva Stalker — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:07:21 +0000

[...] And we find out the cause of Ahab’s significant, disfiguring scar which Ishmael described so thoroughly in Chapter 28: he was injured during a religious ritual. Not a Christian one, but Zoroastrian. Prof. Patell has an excellent post on what’s going on in this chapter here. [...]

Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 19 by Hayes

Hayes — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:09:09 +0000

Oh dear… I have just now seen your answer and the post (swamped and travelling for work) … Thank you!

Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 32 by Kevin Faulkner

Kevin Faulkner — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:39:02 +0000

There’s quite a few analogies used by Melville in Moby from his reading on a beached spermaceti by Browne, not least Browne’s observation on the difference in scale of the small size of the whale’s eye to its giant body.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/pseudodoxia/pseudo326.html

Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 19 by Cyrus

Cyrus — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:59:06 +0000

I’ll be commenting on why Ishmael decides that whales are “fish” when we get to “Cetology” in a few days.

Comment on Bryan Weighs Anchor by Cyrus

Cyrus — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:58:07 +0000

Can you say, “Guest Lecture”?

Comment on Bryan Weighs Anchor by Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:26:08 +0000

A not so subtle nod to your course, I admit. But I’d already given you one big shout out in the post!

Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 11 by Cyrus

Cyrus — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:30:30 +0000

I’m very glad to know that you’re finding the commentary interesting. Thanks for reminding me about that Hadid worked on the 1999 Pet Shop Boys’ tour. Perhaps I’ll do a revised version of the post at some point.

Meanwhile, thanks for making this all possible. I know a lot of people who are excited about the “Big Read.”

Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 11 by Philip

Philip — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:22:23 +0000

Loving your commentary! Zaha Hadid, of course, designed the Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Nightlife’ tour…

Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 19 by Hayes

Hayes — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:32:07 +0000

The illustration is Hercules Missile …. I’m not sure I understand the connection, but it’s a cool image nonetheless.

There seems to be a recurrence of the theme of breasts and nipples (artwork in Chapters 5, 15, 19), reminding us that whales are indeed mammals and not fish, as they are so often called in Moby-Dick.

Queries: When were whales first classified as mammals? Did Melville know that they were mammals?

Comment on Moby-Dick Big Read, Day 15 by Hayes

Hayes — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:31:48 +0000

Had a hard time discovering who Peter Burgess is, but I think I have narrowed it down. (I do wish The Big Read would give a little biographical information on the readers: a short line would be enough.) Would it be this man: Truro, MA resident? http://youtu.be/XYdYAuPqjiE

Love your site.
Hayes