Program Title:
Railroading Ahab : Herman Melville's second annual birthday party / Roscoe Lee Browne and Clare Spark.
PRA Archive #:
KZ1675
Description:
Reading and discussion of the novel "Moby Dick," paying particular attention to the image of Captain Ahab as a Hitler protototype. This media created view of Ahab misdescribes Melville's novel, but comes instead from a United States which will destroy itself and the world, but looks for others to blame.
Station:
Date Recorded on:
Date Broadcast on:
KPFK, 1 Aug. 1991.
Item duration:
2 reels (90 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.
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Distributor:
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1991.
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