Ishmael, A Study of the Symbolic Mode in Primitivism

Trade Size Paperback, 445pp. "Its materials are almost entirely literary, and its primary focus is the work of Melville. ..a study of the nature and destiny of the modern religious sensibility." Includes the following sections: The Nature of Recent Primitivism, Ishmael: The Westward Mariner, Avatars: Symbols of Reincarnation from the Orient, Images From the World Before Civilization, and Entombment: Christianity Revisited.