Herman Melville Moby-Dick Introduced by Edward Said ISBN: 978-1-59853-085-8 696 pp. / $12.95 Printed on high-quality acid-free paper SAVE 20% and get FREE Shipping anywhere in the U.S. when you order from the LOA Web Store! Web Store Price: $10.36

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Moby-Dick is one of the great epics of all literature. Captain Ahab’s hunt for the white whale drives the narrative at a relentless pace, while Ishmael’s meditations on whales and whaling, on the sublime indifference of nature, and on the grimy details of the extraction of oil provide a reflective counterpoint to the headlong idolatrous quest. Sometimes read as a terrifying study of monomania or a critical inquiry into the sinister effects of reducing life to symbols, Moby-Dick also offers colorful and often comic glimpses of sea-faring life.

Edward Said (1935–2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was the author of more than twenty books, including Orientalism, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Culture and Imperialism; and Out of Place: A Memoir.