"An eco political manifesto": Review of THE MANIFESTO OF HERMAN MELVILLE
Posted by Gotenbergs-Posten on May 26, 2025
Barry Sanders' book of essays, The Manifesto of Herman Melville, confirms that Moby Dick is a highly politically subversive text, even by today's standards. But it violates so much more than just the sanctity of the nuclear family: Melville has in fact written an ecopolitical manifesto.