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IDS 101: Moby Dick

Physeter, or Spermaceti Whale Drawn by Scale 1789

Colnett, James, and William Combe. A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean : For the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries...London: Printed for the author by W. Bennett, 1798.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

 

Course Description

We will read and discuss Herman Melville’s 1851 epic American whale-hunting and sea-going novel Moby-Dick, which the famous and famously controversial British novelist D.H. Lawrence once called “one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world.” It's spectacular, long, and full of songs and poems, Biblical allusions and Shakespearean references, and fine details about the nineteenth-century whaling industry that you never knew you wanted so badly to know.

About the Library

The “Library of Things” is a collection of non-traditional items and materials for extracurricular and leisure activities that the library provides to the Willamette Community. It includes tools, outdoor items, electronics, craft supplies, and more. The Library of things catalog is available at the circulation desk:

  • Sewing machines (Serger)
  • Bike locks
  • Chargers
  • Drill & tool kits
  • Hot glue guns
  • Laptop projector
  • White noise machine & massage gun
  • Camping tent, hammock, lanterns, chairs
  • Nintendo Switch and games
  • Fabric, Yarn & Textiles
  • Cricut machine

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