Style

Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick: Style 1 key example

Style
Explanation and Analysis:

Moby-Dick is written in a highly convoluted and ornamental style that revels in figurative language and drips with rich literary allusions. The density of Moby-Dick is immediately evident, not only in its great length but also in its introductory apparatus. The inclusion of “Extracts,” a chapter that details the many references to whales throughout literature from the Bible to Shakespeare, makes clear the grand ambitions of the novel.