The Poisoned Well: Melville and Gnosticism

Read the essay here! -"L'Envoi" by Herman Melville-"Fragment of a Lost Gnostic Poem of the 12th Century" by Melville-"Clarel" by Melville-"Moby-Dick" by Melville-"The Maldive Shark" by Melville-"The Confidence Man" by Melville-"Timoleon" by Melville-Gnostics, Cathars, and Bogomils-Dualisms, Persian, French, and Indian-White Symbolism: Lightning and the Whale-Ahab's inverted Zoroastrianism-cum-Gnosticism-The Ophites and Leviathan-"Gnostic Mythos in Moby-Dick" by Thomas Vargish-"Timaeus" by Plato-"Historical and Critical Dictionary" by Pierre Bayle-The Wintersian "post-symbolist" poem-Reconciling with the squaliform demiurgeSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)