A collection of eight critical essays on Melville's novel "Moby Dick" arranged in chronological order of publication.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call me Ishmael / Charles Olson -- In nomine diaboli / Henry A. Murray -- Herman Melville / David Simpson --The career of Ishmael's self-transcendence / Rowland A. Sherrill -- Moby-Dick, an American lyrical novel / Bert Bender -- Speech in Moby-Dick / Louise K. Barnett -- The metaphysics of beauty and terror in Moby-Dick / Frank G. Novak, Jr. -- Ahab's name / P. Adams Sitney.