02846nam 2200625 450 991082050020332120230801233636.01-5017-5716-41-60909-078-010.1515/9781501757167(CKB)3710000000274796(EBL)3382557(SSID)ssj0001115134(PQKBManifestationID)12356044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001115134(PQKBWorkID)11059810(PQKB)10030730(MiAaPQ)EBC3382557(OCoLC)868220378(MdBmJHUP)muse29645(Au-PeEL)EBL3382557(CaPaEBR)ebr10950041(OCoLC)923310846(DE-B1597)572346(DE-B1597)9781501757167(StDuBDS)EDZ0002755025(EXLCZ)99371000000027479620220412e20222012 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInscrutable malice theodicy, eschatology, and the biblical sources of "Moby-Dick" /Jonathan A. Cook[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2022.1 online resource (358 p.)Cornell scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 2012.0-87580-464-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Bibliographical Note""; ""1�Joban Theodicy and Apocalyptic Eschatology""; ""2�Pilgrimage and Prophecy""; ""3�Chaos Monster and Unholy Warrior""; ""4�Cetology, Cosmology, Epistemology""; ""5�Comic and Tragic Variations""; ""6�Hubris and Heroism, Mortality and Immortality""; ""7�Combat and Catastrophe""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography of Melville and Moby-Dick Studies""; ""Index""Jonathan A. Cook's book illuminates Herman Melville's abiding preoccupation with the problem of evil and the dominant role of the Bible in shaping his best-known novel. Drawing on recent research in the fields of biblical studies, the history of religion and comparative mythology, the book provides a new interpretation of 'Moby-Dick' that places Melville's creative adaptation of the Bible at the centre of the work.Cornell scholarship online.Theodicy in literatureEschatology in literatureTheodicy in literature.Eschatology in literature.813/.3Cook Jonathan A(Jonathan Alexander),1953-1624181StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910820500203321Inscrutable malice3959032UNINA