Moby Dick: An American Allegory(2023)
A look at US society through the prism of Moby Dick, the mythical novel published by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851.
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A look at US society through the prism of Moby Dick, the mythical novel published by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851.
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2023-10-30
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