Title of Presentation
“A Fin of the Whale”: Food Imagery in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
Moderator
Jane Smith, Winthrop University
Panel Title
Food and Literature
Start Date
February 2019
Location
Withers 117
Session Number
Session II
Description
This presentation analyzes three ways Herman Melville incorporates food imagery in Moby-Dick: to reflect a sense of community, to foster a sense of ritual, and to explore understandings of humanity's position in the natural world.
Keywords
Melville, Moby-Dick, ecosystem
COinS
Feb 22nd, 9:45 AM
Feb 22nd, 11:00 AM
“A Fin of the Whale”: Food Imagery in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
Withers 117
This presentation analyzes three ways Herman Melville incorporates food imagery in Moby-Dick: to reflect a sense of community, to foster a sense of ritual, and to explore understandings of humanity's position in the natural world.
Your Title/College/Department/Program
Professor of English
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English