Benito Cereno Paperback / softback
by Herman Melville
Edited by Brian Yothers
Part of the Broadview Editions series
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Benito Cereno, a story of atmospheric Gothic horror and striking political resonance, represents Herman Melville's most profound and unsettling engagement with the horrors of New World slavery.
Narrating the story of a slave revolt using materials drawn from Amasa Delano's non-fictional account of the Tryal Rebellion from earlier in the nineteenth-century, Melville's story probes the moral complexities of the antebellum United States and its position within the Americas.
Melville explores the psychology of slavery and racism and role of violence in both resistance to slavery and the perpetuation of slavery in the Americas.
The appendices to this volume illustrate how Melville's satirical treatment of racism and his ambivalent response to violent resistance to slavery connect with antislavery literature (poetry, fiction, and non-fiction alike) in the middle of the nineteenth century, and they also consider how Benito Cereno functions as a central piece in Melville's contribution to the literature of the Americas.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:252 pages, 6 illustrations
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/11/2019
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- ISBN:9781554813094
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:252 pages, 6 illustrations
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/11/2019
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- ISBN:9781554813094
