Worldview Guide for Moby-Dick (Canon Classics Literature Series) - Softcover

Sumpter, Toby J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591282446 ISBN 13: 9781591282440

Publisher: Canon Press, 2017

Synopsis

"'Call me Ishmael' is one of the most famous opening lines in all of literature. Intriguing, haunting, suggestive, ambiguous the narrator does not say that his name is Ishmael. He summons the reader to call him by that name. And in so doing, the narrator invites the reader not merely into a story but an epic, a tale that encompasses life, death, the universe, God, angels, demons, and man caught in the eye of that cosmic hurricane. If you consent to call him Ishmael, you consent to this voyage." ~ From the Worldview Guide

The Canon Classics Worldview Guides provide an aesthetic and thematic Christian perspective on the most definitive and daunting works of Western Literature. The Worldview Guides focus on the big picture (both the good and the bad) without neglecting the details. Each Worldview Guide is a friendly literary coach -- and a treasure map, and a compass, and a key -- to help teachers, parents, and students appreciate, critique, and master the classics.

The bite-size WGs are divided into these ten sections (with some variation due to genre): Introduction, The World Around, About the Author, What Other Notables Said, Setting, Characters, & Plot Summary, Worldview Analysis, Quotables, 21 Significant Questions & Answers, and Further Discussion & Review. A free classics test and answer key are also available online.

About this title

About the Author

Toby J. Sumpter is pastor of Trinity Reformed Church and author of Blood-Bought World and the commentary Job Through New Eyes: A Son for Glory. He and his wife Jenny live in Moscow, Idaho with their four children. Toby is also a host of the weekly CrossPolitic Show and Podcast.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canon Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591282446
• ISBN 13: 9781591282440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 50