The Representation of Sexuality in Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick; or: The Whale"

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Würzburg (Neuphilologisches Institut), language: English, abstract: The thesis is about how sexuality is represented in Melville's "Moby-Dick", which is not explicitly stated but rather through sexual puns and imagery. It explains the underlying concept of gender and sexuality that Melville uses in his novel and why he chose these methods to include sexuality in his work.