| “Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?” Melville’s use of Thomas Beale’s The Natural History of the Sperm Whale |
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One source extensively used by Melville for this information in Moby Dick was Thomas Beale’s The Natural History of the Sperm Whale.The role of Beale’s work in Melville’s novel appears limited to scientific information, but Beale’s text was used to e... |