Moby Dick preparation

The Bible, obvious one.
A book on Greek and Roman mythology.
A survey on philosophy and philosophers.
An anthology of Romantic poetry.
Pliny's Natural History.
Divine Comedy.
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Life of Johnson.

>>9897678
bullshit

>>9897685
What?

>>9897607

You don't need to read anything. But if you want to prepare yourself for some of the issues Melville tackles in the novel read Job, Ecclisiastes, and Theogany.

>>9897685
Those are some of what Melville was familiar with and used in his writing consistently, not that it is necessarily necessary for understanding.

It's brilliant even without context.

The Wikipedia page on whales, whaling and the contents of every single hyperlink found on both those pages.