Peretz, Eyal. Literature, Disaster, and the Enigma of Power: A Reading of 'Moby-Dick.'.(Book review)

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PERETZ, EYAL. Literature, Disaster, and the Enigma of Power: A Reading of 'Moby-Dick.' Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. 176pp. $40.00.

Somewhere between literature and philosophy is comparative literature, negotiating a very long hostility between two rivals. The tension between philosophy and poetry has been evident since Plato's Republic and Socrates's expulsion of the poets from the just city-state. Any brief armistice in the feud has resulted in an admiration for a few continental writers. Celan, Valery, Kafka, Rilke, and Mallarme are some of the writers who ...

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