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ISBN-10: 0-87338-860-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-87338-860-3

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“Composing Moby-Dick: What Might Have Happened: The Astman Distinguished Lecture” is from The Creationists by E. L. Doctorow, © 2006 by E. L. Doctorow.
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Ungraspable phantom : essays on Moby-Dick /
edited by John Bryant, Mary K. Bercaw Edwards, and Timothy Marr.
p. cm.
Consists of a selection of revised pages presented at the interdisciplinary conference,
Moby-Dick 2001, held Oct. 18–20, 2001 at Hofstra University.
The conference was co-sponsored by the Melville Society.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-87338-860-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ∞

ISBN-10: 0-87338-860-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) ∞

1. Melville, Herman, 1819–1891. Moby-Dick—Congresses. 2. Sea stories, American— History and criticism—Congresses. 3. Whaling in literature—Congresses. 4. Whales in literature—Congresses. I. Bryant, John, 1949– II. Edwards, Mary K. Bercaw. III. Marr, Timothy, 1960– IV. Melville Society.

PS2384.M6U65 2006

813’.3—dc22            2005034827

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