Study Guide … is a collection of notes that introduce students – and not only students – to poems, novels or plays written in English. They facilitate learning supplying the most important information about the literary works and so fostering their comprehension.Moby Dick is a study guide that, in the first part, includes the historical, social and literary background of its period and some biographical notes about the author, Herman Melville. The second part focuses on the work and deals with sources, setting, characters, commentary, critical approach, possible adaptations for theatre, cinema or television and further notes.