Monomaniacal captain of fiction (4)

I believe the answer is:

ahab

(Other definitions for ahab that I've seen before include "Melville's Captain" , "Name of captain seeking Moby Dick" , "Captain of the whaler Pequod" , "Jezebel's husband or captain in 'Moby Dick'" , "Fictional whaler" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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