NP Melville's cross-cultural homoeroticism

[jbor]

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> From: JBFRAME at aol.com
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> Yet another reason why _Moby Dick_is THE "great American Novel" along with
> _Huckleberry Finn_, of course.

Not to mention _Gravity's Rainbow! _Moby-Dick_ is indeed a, perhaps even
"THE" great American novel, but I guess the difference is that the
homoeroticism in it is just so, well, obvious. I'm not sure that other great
American tales of male bonding (eg _Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer_, _Gatsby_, _On the
Road_, _M&D_ etc) are overtly homoerotic, as certain episodes in _Moby-Dick_
so obviously are. Good god, even the title ... !

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