Moby Dick.

Stern, Milton R.

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ERIC Number: EJ341120

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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Moby Dick.

Stern, Milton R.

ADE Bulletin, n84 p19-22 Fall 1986

Discusses examples in "Moby Dick" of Melvillean words symptomatic of the significance of Ishmael's rhetorical energy, in order to suggest that Ishmael's language reflects Melville's search for lexical and rhetorical forms that express the democratic impulse. (SRT)

Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Usage, Literary Criticism, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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