I took this photograph in Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Verse 200 in Milton's Paradise Lost
..., or that sea-beast
..., or that sea-beast
Leviathan, which God of all his works
Created hugest that swim th' ocean stream.
The Skeleton of a Sperm Whale
Very like a whale
Bodleian Libraries, 18 Octuber 2019 // 5 January 2020
This display marked 200 years since the birth of Herman Melville
This display marked 200 years since the birth of Herman Melville
Extracts (Supplied by a sub-sub librarian)
The sub-sub librarian of Melville suggests to the reader of Moby Dick that a whale is not just one thing but lots of different things to different people.
The sub-sub librarian of Melville suggests to the reader of Moby Dick that a whale is not just one thing but lots of different things to different people.