Leviathan is a steampunk novel written by Scott Westerfeld and illustrated by Keith Thompson. It was released on October 6, 2009. The book won the 2009 Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel.
It is the first in a young adult fiction trilogy set in an alternate version of World War I, wherein the Central Powers (Clankers) are characterized by their use of mechanized war machines, while the Entente Powers (Darwinists) are characterized by their use of living creatures evolved specifically for war. The main characters are the teenage son of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and a Scottish girl with dreams of joining the Air Force.
also: With “Behemoth,” the Leviathan saga becomes the perfect hit of escapism
William Blake: The spiritual form of Nelson guiding Leviathan, in whose wreathings are infolded the Nations of the Earth (in which the monster is a symbol of military sea-power controlled by Nelson)
c. 1805-9
Tempera on canvas 30″ x 24″
(76.2 x 62.5cm), Tate Britain, London
Provenance and history on Tate.org
Art of William Blake: Behemoth and Leviathan; 1825
from Illustrations to ‘The Book of Job’
Behemoth, who dominates the land, as ‘the chief of the Ways of God.’ Leviathan, a Sea Monster, is ‘King over all the Children of Pride.’ In his book Jerusalem, Blake has these two monsters representatives of war by land and by sea. (source)
Leviathan Harnessed By Harlow’s Nightie; by Van Arno (more on American Gallery)
A tub for the Whale! – satirical print, hand-coloured etching, Print made by James Gillray, Published in London in 1805.
“Representing an Empty-Barrel tossed out to amuse great Leviathan-John-Bull, in order to divert him from instantly laying violent hands uponye new Coalition Packet – Vide Swifts Preface to the Tale of a Tub.”
Little Boney in the Whale’s Belley (full size) – John Bull, Emperor of the Sea: satirical print; hand-coloured etching. Published by Piercy Roberts, 1803
British Tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour
“The Broad-bottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy’s old-Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition” – three sailors rowing a small ship’s boat or dinghy, (the Billy Pitt) are going through rough water caused by Leviathan, a porpoise-like monster with three heads and a forked tail. The heads spout water at the boat, particularly at Canning. They are (r. to left.) Grenville, who spouts “Opposition Clamour”; Howick (whom Canning had replaced as Foreign Secretary), spouting “Detraction”; and St. Vincent, spouting “Envy”.
hand-coloured etching, Print made by James Gillray / Published in London, 1807 more detailed explanation
print study drawn by William Blake
Night VIII, page 3, ‘The Charm that chains us to the World, her Foe’. Illustration to Young’s ‘Night Thoughts’; scaly merman in papal tiara and carrying a crozier riding sea-monster, Leviathan. c.1795-7
Built by Blohm & Voss Hamburg as Vaterland
54,282 GRT – 948 x 100 feet
Quadruple screw, 24 knots, turbines
752 first class, 535 second class, 850 third class
1,772 passengers; 1,243 crew
April 4, 1917— Seized by US after crew had inflicted considerable damage to boilers and engines. She was repaired and transferred for Navy Transport service, September 6, 1917 renamed LEVIATHAN, reportedly by Woodrow Wilson himself. Laid up in New York and handed over to US Shipping Board in September, 1919.
Leviathan is a mythical sea creature that appears in the Bible, emblematic of awesome strength. It’s described as the meanest and the biggest creature in the sea and a humbler of the Proud. Leviathan as a dragon who lives over the Sources of the Deep and who will be served up to the righteous at the end of time.
Photograph of an engraving, published circa the later 1850s, depicting the ship fitting out in the Thames River, off Deptford, England, at some point following her 31 January 1858 launching. The ship was originally christened (on 3 November 1857) as “Leviathan”, but was thereafter known as Great Eastern. The print also features a statistical table and other information concerning the ship.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
Cover art for German language version of Moby Dick; Btb Bei Goldmann publishers, 2003.
Whaleboat knocked into the air by Leviathan.
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