Melville and the Idea of Blackness: Race and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century America (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 164) Heartdrum Literary Studies

Literary Studies

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But it’s not only about her anymore

a man with a history of standing up to autocratic presidents

Once we learn the reasons behind caste and see the often heartbreaking effects

Melville and the Idea of Blackness: Race and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century America (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 164) Heartdrum Literary StudiesBy examining the unique problems that blackness signifies in Moby Dick, Pierre, Benito Cereno," and "The Encantadas," Christopher Freeburg analyzes how Herman Melville grapples with the social realities of racial difference in nineteenth century America. Where Melville's critics typically read blackness as either a metaphor for the haunting power of slavery or an allegory of moral evil, Freeburg asserts that blackness functions as the site where