The University of Chicago’s digital editions initiative CEDAR (Critical Editions for Digital Analysis and Research) has brought the Melville Electronic Library into its fold MEL represents CEDAR’s growth into nineteenth-century and modern literary works as well as modern editorial approaches Since spring 2020, Wyn Kelley, Christopher Ohge, and I have been working with CEDAR and OCHRE staffs to transition MEL onto this new platform A July 10, 2020, Boston Globe article on construction of the Mass Pike begins: “For four decades, building atop the Massachusetts Turnpike has been the great white whale of Boston development ” Mike Barnow: “Great, now that we’re done speaking in Melville code, can we have the room?” Discussing how he has spent his time during the pandemic, the musician, Conor Oberst, riffs on Moby-Dick for the New York Times (“Conor Oberst’s Week: Listening to ‘Moby-Dick’ and Watching Not-So-Dark TV,” August 18, 2020) and notes:
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