tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post7512784293715241308..comments2023-08-15T07:12:07.964-07:00Comments on Paulus Torchus: Reading the Classics with Paul- Moby-Dick- FinPaul Mathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951893912611871578noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-75158004667936457892010-12-12T11:14:37.972-08:002010-12-12T11:14:37.972-08:00Sorry to mount and ride my hobby-horse again Paul ...Sorry to mount and ride my hobby-horse again Paul but did you know that Melville was crazy abut sir T.B. and called him as a 'cracked archangel'?!<br /><br />Also, Browne's description of a beached whale (Pseudodoxia Epidemica) with its tiny eye and enormous size was also an inspiration for Melville penning his whale of a novel, Moby Dick!Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.com