Inscrutable Malice : : Theodicy, Eschatology, and the Biblical Sources of "Moby-Dick" /

Inscrutable Malice : : Theodicy, Eschatology, and the Biblical Sources of "Moby-Dick" / / Jonathan A. Cook.

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In Inscrutable Malice, Jonathan A. Cook expertly illuminates Melville's abiding preoccupation with the problem of evil and the dominant role of the Bible in shaping his best-known novel. Drawing on recent research in the fields of biblical studies, the history of religion, and comparative mytho...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Cook, Jonathan A.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2012
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (358 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Bibliographical Note
  • CHAPTER ONE Joban Theodicy and Apocalyptic Eschatology
  • CHAPTER TWO Pilgrimage and Prophecy
  • CHAPTER THREE Chaos Monster and Unholy Warrior
  • CHAPTER FOUR Cetology, Cosmology, Epistemology
  • CHAPTER FIVE Comic and Tragic Variations
  • CHAPTER SIX Hubris and Heroism, Mortality and Immortality
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Combat and Catastrophe
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography of Melville and Moby-Dick Studies
  • Index

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