Subversions of providential historiography in Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno"
Engler, Bernd (Hrsg). Re-visioning the past : historical self-reflexivity in American short fiction. Trier: Wiss. Verl. 1998 S. 121 - 141
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
ISBN/ISSN: 3-88476-300-8
Publikationstyp: Buchbeitrag
Sprache: Englisch
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Inhaltszusammenfassung
Herman Melville's novela "Benito Cereno" (1855) has been widely read as an attack against slavery in antebellum America. Critics have pointed out that Melville's depiction of a slave insurrection aboard the Spanish ship San Dominick in the year 1799 contains historical allusions to various slave revolts at that time. May articles discuss whether or not the story's fictionalized version of the revolt led by the black slave Babo encapsulates Melville's critique of Anglo-Saxon racism brought abo...Herman Melville's novela "Benito Cereno" (1855) has been widely read as an attack against slavery in antebellum America. Critics have pointed out that Melville's depiction of a slave insurrection aboard the Spanish ship San Dominick in the year 1799 contains historical allusions to various slave revolts at that time. May articles discuss whether or not the story's fictionalized version of the revolt led by the black slave Babo encapsulates Melville's critique of Anglo-Saxon racism brought about by the rampant expansionist ideology of mid-nineteenth-century America.» weiterlesen» einklappen
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Literaturwissenschaft
DDC Sachgruppe:
Englische Literatur Amerikas
