Prophecies of Leviathan: Reading Past Melville

by Peter Szendy

Book Overview

Reading Melville is not only reading. Reading Melville means being already engaged in the abyssal process of reading reading. Reading what reading is and what reading does.

With Melville, Prophecies of Leviathan argues that reading, beyond its apparent linearity, is essentially prophetic, not only because Moby Dick, for example, may appear to be full of unexpected prophecies (Ishmael seems to foretell a "Grand Contested Election for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823231542
• ISBN13: 9780823231546
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"