Benito Cereno

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547776789

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Benito Cereno & Bartleby by Herman Melville Pdf

"Bartleby, the Scrivener" – An elderly Manhattan lawyer with a comfortable business in legal documents has two scriveners employed, but an increase in business leads him to advertise for a third. He hires the forlorn-looking Bartleby in the hope that his calmness will soothe the irascible temperaments of the other two. An office boy nicknamed Ginger Nut completes the staff. At first, Bartleby produces a large volume of high-quality work, but one day, when asked to help proofread a document, Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his perpetual response to every request: "I would prefer not to." "Benito Cereno" is a tale about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno. In 1799 off the coast of Chile, Captain Amasa Delano of the American sealer and merchant ship Bachelor's Delight visits the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship apparently in distress. After learning from its captain Benito Cereno that a storm has taken many crewmembers and provisions, Delano offers to help out. He notices that Cereno acts awkwardly passive for a captain and the slaves display remarkably inappropriate behavior, and though this piques his suspicion he ultimately decides he is being paranoid. When he leaves the San Dominick and captain Cereno jumps after him, he finally discovers that the slaves have taken command of the ship, and forced the surviving crew to act as usual.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Sea stories, American
ISBN : OCLC:687664324

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Benito Cereno by Herman Melville Pdf

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770487284

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Benito Cereno by Herman Melville Pdf

“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 the role of violence in both the resistance to, 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.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8809020839

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Bartleby. Benito Cereno by Herman Melville Pdf

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410341174

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A Study Guide for Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Valerie Bonita Gray
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004485075

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Invisible Man's Literary Heritage: Benito Cereno and Moby Dick by Valerie Bonita Gray Pdf

Author : Paula Rawlins
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781535847940

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Fiction and Rebellion in Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno" by Paula Rawlins Pdf

Gale Researcher Guide for: Fiction and Rebellion in Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno" is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486110554

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Bartleby and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville Pdf

DIVTwo classics in one volume: "Bartleby," a disturbing moral allegory set in 19th-century New York, and "Benito Cereno," a gripping sea adventure that probes the nature of man's depravity. /div

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Piazza Tales (廣場故事) by Herman Melville Pdf

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Author : Greg Grandin
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429943178

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The Empire of Necessity by Greg Grandin Pdf

From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America's struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyond One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying scores of West Africans he thought were slaves. They weren't. Having earlier seized control of the vessel and slaughtered most of the crew, they were staging an elaborate ruse, acting as if they were humble servants. When Delano, an idealistic, anti-slavery republican, finally realized the deception, he responded with explosive violence. Drawing on research on four continents, The Empire of Necessity explores the multiple forces that culminated in this extraordinary event—an event that already inspired Herman Melville's masterpiece Benito Cereno. Now historian Greg Grandin, with the gripping storytelling that was praised in Fordlandia, uses the dramatic happenings of that day to map a new transnational history of slavery in the Americas, capturing the clash of peoples, economies, and faiths that was the New World in the early 1800s.

Author : Maurice S. Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0521846536

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Slavery, Philosophy, and American Literature, 1830-1860 by Maurice S. Lee Pdf

Lee demonstrates how Melville, Emerson and others tried to find rational solutions to the slavery conflict.

Author : Arnold E. Davidson,Priscilla L.. Walton,Priscilla L. Walton,Jennifer Courtney Elizabeth Andrews
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802041345

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Border Crossings by Arnold E. Davidson,Priscilla L.. Walton,Priscilla L. Walton,Jennifer Courtney Elizabeth Andrews Pdf

Thomas King is the first Native writer to generate widespread interest in both Canada and the United States. He has been nominated twice for Governor General's Awards, and his first novel, Medicine River, has been transformed into a CBC movie. His books have been reviewed in publications such as The New York Times Book Review, The Globe and Mail, and People magazine. King is also the author of the serialized radio series The Dead Dog Café and is an accomplished photographer. Border Crossings is the first full-length study to explore King's art. Davidson, Walton, and Andrews employ a framework of postcolonial and border studies theory to examine the concepts of nation, race, and sexuality in King's work. They examine how King's art routinely explores cross-cultural dynamics, including Native rights and race relations, American and Canadian cultural interaction, and the artistic traditions of Europe and North America. The authors argue that, by situating these concepts within a comic framework, King avoids the polemics that often surface in cultural critiques. His writing engages, entertains, and educates. This provocative analysis of King's art reads across cultures and between borders, and makes an important contribution to the study of Native writing, Canadian and American literature, border studies, and humour studies.

Author : John Bryant,Robert Milder
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0873385624

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Melville's Evermoving Dawn by John Bryant,Robert Milder Pdf

This collection of analytical essays is the result of several conferences throughout 1991, the centennary of Herman Melville's death. They survey the past and present of Melville Studies and suggest directions for the future.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443435093

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The Bell-Tower by Herman Melville Pdf

Bannadonna is an eccentric artist and architect who dreams up plans for a magnificent bell tower. After receiving approval from the city, Bannadonna happily begins construction, but local citizens begin to notice strange occurrences associated with the bell-tower, and complaints eventually reach the city magistrates. While touring the magistrates around the tower, Bannadonna shows off his work and readily answers their questions, but one curiosity remains unanswered—what lies beneath the shroud in the bell-tower. “The Bell-Tower” is a dark literary work that explores a mystery that is never fully revealed. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Author : Charles E. Nnolim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015020703719

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Melville's "Benito Cereno" by Charles E. Nnolim Pdf