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The whale Moby Dick has been interpreted as a metaphor for a great many things, from the Judeo-Christian God to atheism and everything in between. The ambiguity that Herman Melville built into his depiction of the whale makes Moby Dick capacious in its meaning.
What makes Moby Dick special?
It's his "favorite book." He refers back to it almost daily. He finds it "full of great wisdom" — and yes, that includes the whale anatomy parts, which Philbrick says are part of a system of what might seem to be meanderings, but are in fact "wormholes of metaphysical poetry that are truly revelatory."
Why Is Moby Dick such a great novel?
Moby-Dick isn't simply the greatest American novel, writes a best-selling historian in an adaptation from his latest book: after 160 years, Melville's masterpiece remains supremely relevant—a survival manual in times of crisis, a challenge to the Ahabs of every century, and an expression of democracy's “divine equality ...
