Pip's Oceanic Voice: Speech and the Sea in Moby-Dick

This article explores the relationship between voice and the sea in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, focusing in particular on the role played by Pip, a character who falls into the ocean and seemingly goes mad. Reading Pip through critical frameworks offered by recent work in Oceanic Studies, I ar...

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