{"product_id":"call-me-ishmael-charles-olson-9780801857317","title":"Call Me Ishmael","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most stimulating essays ever written on \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, and for that matter on any piece of literature, and the forces behind it.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences--especially Shakespearean ones--on Melville's writing of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the \"theory of the two \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dicks\u003c\/i\u003e,\" Olson argues that there were two versions of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, and that Melville's reading \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e for the first time in between the first and second versions of the book had a profound impact on his conception of the saga: \"the first book did not contain Ahab,\" writes Olson, and \"it may not, except incidentally, have contained Moby-Dick.\" If literary critics and reviewers at the time responded with varying degrees of skepticism to the \"theory of the two \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003es,\" it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Olson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801857317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801857317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 6.02w x 0.41d","brand":"Charles Olson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990351970559,"sku":"9780801857317","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fdaf58a-4414-4443-82ef-20982ca8a730.jpg?v=1683304208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/call-me-ishmael-charles-olson-9780801857317","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}