02527nam 2200625 a 450 991081993280332120230617004451.00-8166-9577-6(CKB)1000000000346746(EBL)310645(OCoLC)476095402(SSID)ssj0000270490(PQKBManifestationID)11192836(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000270490(PQKBWorkID)10262158(PQKB)11217264(MiAaPQ)EBC310645(OCoLC)191935630(MdBmJHUP)muse40077(Au-PeEL)EBL310645(CaPaEBR)ebr10151248(CaONFJC)MIL522864(EXLCZ)99100000000034674620030407d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhale![electronic resource] /K.L. EvansMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20031 online resource (178 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4317-2 0-8166-4316-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-160).Contents; Preface; Preamble; 1. A Tale of Attachment; 2. A Common Account of Shipping; 3. The Politics of Whale; 4. Confessions of a Captain; 5. Crossing the Line; 6. A Leaky Boat; Swan Song; Notes; AcknowledgmentsThe aim of this thoroughly unconventional work is to demonstrate that Herman Melville's Moby Dick and Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations are, in effect, one and the same book. Whale! not only successfully reveals the vital intersections between Melville and Wittgenstein but also makes a compelling argument for why such intersections are essential to understanding common political projects in literature and philosophy.Psychological fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismSea stories, AmericanHistory and criticismWhaling in literatureWhales in literaturePsychological fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Sea stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.Whaling in literature.Whales in literature.813/.3Evans Kim Leilani1658213MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819932803321Whale4012075UNINA