The Unorganized Militia
April 17th, 2009 by Pecos Bill
I AM the milishy, all by my lonesome. Yeehah!
I AM the milishy, all by my lonesome. Yeehah!
In a chapter called Knights and Squires, right after a chapter where Ishmael defended the dignity of whaling on the grounds that whale oil is used to anoint the kings of England, Melville has Ishmael praise democracy and equality. Ironic, no? (more…)