great footage of the white orca! in the context of our next discussion, it seems weirdly relevant that he is described by the BBC as living his entire life close to his mother. Melville's mother would not have liked that. As Renker points out, when Melville left on his Holy Land tour (thanks Anat for linking the translation of his journals), the women in his household were hoping he won't come back...
An interesting article by Ha'aretz, Melville's notes from his trip to Palestine in 1857
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great footage of the white orca! in the context of our next discussion, it seems weirdly relevant that he is described by the BBC as living his entire life close to his mother.
ReplyDeleteMelville's mother would not have liked that. As Renker points out, when Melville left on his Holy Land tour (thanks Anat for linking the translation of his journals), the women in his household were hoping he won't come back...