/lit/ - Literature

>>23279734
>October 1851
Why is /lit/ still talking about this ancient history?

Fellows, is Moby-dick gay? I mean, it has a dick on its name?

The whale is quite phallus(y) also.

imagine writing this

"Speak-e! tell-ee me who-ee be, or dam-me, I kill-e!"

What did Queequeg mean by this?

Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off -- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.

>Expect an epic struggle of man vs nature, themes of revenge, battles against sea monsters at sea etc.
>it's just a 1000 page account of whaling strategies, boating and bunch of other boring nautical facts

what the fug

Why don't you guys ever give credit to the book that invented memes?

>>7490561
>Being this self-assured

>>7337444
Oh What's that? I can't hear over our fucking excellent literature.

& <insert whatever here>
I <insert whatever here>
A <insert whatever here>
O <insert whatever here>

Example:

& love;
I do;
A necessity;
O sustenance.

Daily reminder that it's "Moby-Dick", not "Moby Dick".

Any good ideas in this shit? secondary texts? etc.?

ITT: Canonical Classics you thought lived up to the hype.