Melville Live at the Moby-Dick Marathon

Episode 20 January 09, 2024 00:54:19
Melville Live at the Moby-Dick Marathon
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Melville Live at the Moby-Dick Marathon

Jan 09 2024 | 00:54:19

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Show Notes

This episode was recorded before a live audience at the New Bedford Whaling Museum during their annual Moby-Dick Marathon. We spoke with Tim Marr and Wyn Kelley of the Melville Society Cultural Project about Melville: A Novel written by Jean Giono and translated from French by Paul Eprile. Giono's "novel" was originally conceived as a preface to his French translation of Moby-Dick. Our conversation covers Giono's imagined vision of the great American author, the struggle to create art, and the role of an ideal reader.

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