“Thou Art Skylarking with Me”: Travesty, Prophecy, and Ethical Mutuality in <i>Moby-Dick</i>

“A Bosom Friend,” Chapter 10 of <i>Moby-Dick</i>, concludes with a literary travesty on the Golden Rule, a norm of obligation to others as to self. If God’s will is that we treat our neighbors as ourselves, and if the narrator, Ishmael, desires his neighbor Queequeg join him in Presbyter...

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Main Author: Larry D. Bouchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/12/1141