Description
Touching This Leviathan asks how we might come to know the unknowable--in this case, whales, animals so large yet so elusive, revealing just a sliver of back, a glimpse of a fluke, or a split-second breach before diving away.
Whale books often sit within disciplinary silos. Touching This Leviathan starts a conversation among them. Drawing on biology, theology, natural history, literature, and writing studies, Peter Wayne Moe offers a deep dive into the alluring and impalpable mysteries of Earth's largest mammal.
Entertaining, thought-provoking, and swimming with intelligence and wit, Touching is Leviathan is creative nonfiction that gestures toward science and literary criticism as it invites readers into the belly of the whale.
Author: Peter Wayne Moe
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Published: 04/01/2021
Pages: 166
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780870713071
ISBN10: 0870713078
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats | Oceans & Seas
About the Author
Peter Wayne Moe is an assistant professor of English and oversees the writing program at Seattle Pacific University, where, in the summer of 2020, he led 158 volunteers in hanging a whale skeleton in the school's science building.
peterwaynemoe.com