Herman Melville.

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A study of the works of Herman Melville from the range of his literary career, short and long fiction, essays, and poetry, with a special, in-depth focus on Moby-Dick, or The Whale. Students will engage his works from biographical, historical, literary-critical, and theological perspectives, considering Melville’s response to Transcendentalism and 19th-century global literature. In addition, students will explore key religious questions at the heart of Melville’s career-long wrestling with meaning making and providence.