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Moby Dick (other)
''Moby-Dick'' is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. "Moby Dick" may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Moby Dick (whale), the white whale in the novel Films * ''Moby Dick'' (1930 film), a film starring John Barrymore * ''Moby Dick'' (1956 film), a film by John Huston starring Gregory Peck * ''Moby Dick'' (unfinished film), an unfinished 1971 film by Orson Welles * ''Moby Dick'' (1978 film), a one-man version * ''Moby Dick'' (2010 film), a modern-day military version * ''Moby Dick'' (2011 film), a South Korean film directed by Park In-je Television * ''Moby Dick'' (1998 miniseries), a miniseries starring Patrick Stewart and Gregory Peck * ''Moby Dick'' (2011 miniseries), a miniseries by Mike Barker, starring William Hurt and Ethan Hawke *''Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor ''Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor'' is an American Saturday-morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that ran on CBS from September 9, 1967 to January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moby-Dick
''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 Epic (genre), epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael (Moby-Dick), Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Captain Ahab, Ahab, captain of the whaler, whaling ship ''Pequod (Moby-Dick), Pequod'', for vengeance against Moby Dick (whale), Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance, ''Moby-Dick'' was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a Great American Novel was established only in the 20th century, after the 1919 centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
