Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale - Philosophical Perspectives

This collection provides a new set of critical reflections on the philosophical themes of Moby-Dick. Written by leading philosophers and critics, the wide-ranging set of essays approach the issue of significance in Moby-Dick in relation to German idealism, American transcendentalism, and to the thinkers (Nietzsche, Heidegger) who rebelled against i