University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2012 The Whale and the World in Melville’s Moby-Dick: Early American Empire and Globalization Zachary Michael Radford The University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Radford, Zachary Michael, "The Whale and the World in Melville’s Moby-Dick: Early American Empire and Globalization" (2012). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 1108. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1108 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE WHALE AND THE WORLD IN MELVILLE’S MOBY DICK: EARLY AMERICAN EMPIRE AND GLOBALIZATION By ZACHARY MICHAEL RADFORD B.A., University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2005 Thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English Literature The University of Montana Missoula, MT May 2012 Approved by: Sandy Ross, Associate Dean of The Graduate School Graduate School Dr. Kathleen Kane, Chair English Literature Dr. Robert Baker English Literature Dr. Marton Marko Modern Classical Languages and Literatures ii Radford, Zachary Michael, M.A., May 2012 English Literature The Whale and the World in Melville’s Moby-Dick: Early American Empire and Globalization Chairperson: Dr. Kathleen Kane Reading Moby-Dick; or, the Whale (1851), this study examines literary arguments regarding Melville’s capacity to appear prophetic through his written works in his predictions of the vast empire that America would one day become and the strategies which the country would employ to do so.