Coined in “Imaginative Molds”: Ahab’s Ecuadorian Doubloon and the Power of the Middle of the World in Moby Dick

In Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, Captain Ahab promises a gold doubloon to the first sailor who spots the white whale. The coin, which is from Ecuador, functions as a miraculous object that triggers passions and interpretations. Why does this particular doubloon hold such power? To answer this question, the present essay explores the history of the doubloon and the representations of the equatorial and the Ecuadorian in the novel. It also delves into the mythical thinking surrounding the “middle of the world” and includes an analysis of Melville’s short story “The Veranda”.

• প্রধান লেখক: Ramírez Paredes, Roberto Marcos (author)
• বিন্যাস: article
• ভাষা: spa
• প্রকাশিত: 2025
• বিষয়গুলি: Moby-Dick; Herman Melville; Ecuador; Latin America; cultural representation; American; Literature; Moby Dick; Latinoamérica; representación cultural; literatura norteamericana; Literatura
• অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/5785