A Critical Review on Herman Melville′s Moby Dick精品管理文档.docVIP

Abstract The novel Moby-Dick was the sixth novel published by Herman Melville, a landmark of American literature that mixed a number of literary styles including a fictional adventure story, historical detail and even scientific discussion. The story of the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, the novel draws at least partially from the experiences of its author while a sailor and a harpooner on whaling ships before settling in New England as a writer. The studies of Moby-Dick focus mainly on its characters, theme, symbolism, myth, writing style, ect. The critical point of view is somewhat ignor