Saturday, May 10, 2014

Post verbal clash rendering

Melville nails the frenetic, obsessive thought spiral that follows a verbal clash. In this case, just after Ahab calls Stubb a dog and sends him away.


May 10, 2014
CHAPTER 29 Enter Ahab; to him, Stubb

"I was never served so before without giving a hard blow for it," muttered Stubb, as he found himself descending the cabin-scuttle. "It's very queer. Stop, Stubb; somehow, now, I don't well know whether to go back and strike him, or…

All Excerpts From

Melville, Herman. "Moby-Dick." Harlequin, 2009. iBooks.
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