Chapters 23-25: "The Lee Shore," "The Advocate," "Postscript"
Moby Dick Energy: A Moby Dick Podcast
English - May 01, 2020 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBBooks Arts History literature art history moby dick herman melville books great books whales Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Talia talks with Adam Serwer, staff writer at the Atlantic, about three of the wildest and most delightful chapters in Moby-Dick: The Lee Shore, the Advocate, and Postscript. We talk about May Day, and Melville's passionate argument for the dignity of the common laborer; whether monarchs were truly anointed with whale oil; un-alienated whaling labor; essential workers; and more. "Drive down your hat in presence of the Czar, and take it off to Queequeg!"