If every country were to put itself first, the ‘law of the jungle’ would return, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday in response to a question from CNN’s Steven Jiang about US ...

The existence of these “superhumans” was supposedly confirmed in an ancient Roman manuscript. The book was called Germania and was written by Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historiographer who was ...

If “operatic” is a synonym for “big,” Herman Melville’s sprawling novel “Moby-Dick” should be ideal source material for the stage. Jake Heggie’s 2010 operatic treatment certainly ...

Moby-Dick – Herman Melville Moby-Dick is an epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. He said the book encouraged his ... clashing in the South American jungle. While one wants to convert ...

Conservationist are hoping to raise £80,000 to restore the huge skeleton of a 200-year-old whale which is mentioned in the classic novel Moby Dick. Constable Moby, is a 58ft-long bull sperm whale ...

Literally. A blue whale is one of the catches, and the other is the “secret fish” known as Moby! Gee, wonder what that reference is from… Before we start our guide, there’s something you ...

Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera The very concept seems impossible: taking Herman Melville’s novel Moby-Dick—not just one of the greatest works in American literature but also one of the most ...

By Zachary Woolfe The opening line of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” is one of the most famous in literature. But Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, whose moody, monochromatic 2010 adaptation ...

“Moby Dick” takes its time. Sometimes it takes too much time. The plot doesn’t really shift in any extraordinary way. In fact, even if you haven’t read the book, it’s pretty predictable. Ahab wants to ...

It’s probably fair to say that more people know the story of the white whale from parodies or synopses than from reading “Moby-Dick.” But an adaptation is not just a summary of the book’s ...