Benito Cereno
(Book)
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : Melville House Pub., [2008].
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Book
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124 pages ; 18 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cedar Falls Public Library - Adult Fiction | MELVILLE | On Shelf |
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : Melville House Pub., [2008].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Putnam's Monthly in 1855, Benito Cereno appeared in Melville's Piazza Tales, in a slightly revised form, in 1856."
Description
"What has cast such a shadow upon you?" "The negro". With its intense mix of mystery, adventure, and a surprise ending, Benito Cereno at first seems merely a provocative example from the genre Herman Melville created with his early best-selling novels of the sea. However, most Melville scholars consider it his most sophisticated work, and many, such as novelist Ralph Ellison, have hailed it as the most piercing look at slavery in all of American literature. based on a real life incident--the character names remain unchanged--Benito Cereno tells what happens when an American merchant ship comes upon a mysterious Spanish ship where the nearly all-black crew and their white captain are starving and yet hostile to offers of help. Melville's most focused political work, it is rife with allusions (a ship named after Santo Domingo, site of the slave revolt led by Toussaint L'Ouverture), analogies (does the good-hearted yet obtuse American captain refer to the American character itself?), and mirroring images that deepen our reflections on human oppression and its resultant depravities.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Melville, H. (2008). Benito Cereno . Melville House Pub..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. 2008. Benito Cereno. Melville House Pub.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Benito Cereno Melville House Pub, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Melville, Herman. Benito Cereno Melville House Pub., 2008.
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