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Moby-Dick: Reading and Envisioning an American Epic

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $243
  • 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL
  • 13 hours & 30 minutes over 9 sessions

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  • $243
  • The NewBerry Library @ 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
  • 13 hours & 30 minutes over 9 sessions
  • Early bird price until Jan 18, $270 thereafter
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What you'll learn in this art history class:

From the most famous first sentence in American literature to the climactic chase scene, reading Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is a great challenge—and memorable experience—in the life of any reader.

This class will help participants chart an exciting course through the novel. We will also explore many of the beautifully illustrated editions of the book held in the Newberry’s collection, as well as adaptations into film, theater, and other media.

Will Hansen is Director of Reader Services and Curator of Americana at the Newberry Library. He has published articles on Herman Melville, special collections librarianship, and other topics, and curated the Newberry exhibition Melville: Finding America at Sea in 2019.


Required:

  • Herman Melville, Moby-Dick. Norton, 2017. ISBN: 978-0393285000


Readings for the First Session:

  • No first reading assignment



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Requests for refunds must be received in writing. To request a refund, email us at [email protected].

  • For single- and two-session seminars, tuition (less 10% processing fee) is refundable until 2 business day before the seminar begins.
  • For seminars meeting more than twice, tuition (less 10% processing fee) is refundable until 2 business day prior to the second class meeting; we cannot give a refund once the seminar has met a second time.
After this the class has met (for the second time in a longer course) we pay our instructors and do not give any refunds. We do not offer letters of credit.

If the seminar fails to reach a minimum of seven registrations before the early registration deadline (one week before the first day of the term), the seminar will be canceled and all participants will be refunded less a 5% non-refundable registration fee. The instructor is required to teach the seminar if it reaches seven registrations prior to the early registration deadline. In some cases, a seminar may be offered with fewer than seven registrations at the option of the instructor.

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