Quaker captain of literature (4)

I believe the answer is:

ahab

'quaker captain of literature' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ahab that I've seen before include "Melville's Captain" , "Jezebel was wife of this King of Israel" , "Captain -, pursuer of Moby Dick" , "Melville's whale chaser" , "Jezebel's husband, wicked king in the 'Old testament'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday, The Washington Post, the LA Times and the L.A. Times Daily.

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