Benito Cereno is a story by Herman Melville that features some of the author's most action packed storytelling presented in this new edition of the great classic.
Suggestions for Further Reading and Research 145 Rosalie Feltenstein's “Melville's 'Benito Cereno' ” (American Literature19 [1947]: 245–55) supplies considerable material on the references to Spain, the Inquisition, and monastic orders ...
The story is, for the most part, narrated via Captain Delano, and, although the question of "multi-perspective narrative," as one commentator has termed it, could pose one or two interesting problems, it seems reasonable to assume here that ...
Employing a third-person narrator who reports Delano's point of view without any correction, the story has become a famous example of unreliable narration.Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York.
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Benito Cereno by Herman Melville. Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville. It was first serialized in Putnam's Monthly in 1855 and later included a slightly revised version in his collection The Piazza Tales (1856).
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Melville's 188 novella 'Benito Cereno' follows a sea captain, Amasa Delano, and his crew on the Bachelor's Delight as it is approached by another, rather battered-looking ship, the San Dominick.
In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.
Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville. It was first published in 1855. It is a fictionalized account of the revolt on a Spanish slavery ship captained by Don Benito Cereno.
The Piazza Tales Benito Cereno Herman Melville Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville. It was first serialized in Putnam's Monthly in 1855 and later included a slightly revised version in his collection The Piazza Tales (1856).
Of course, the book that benefited the most from that revival is now considered one of the greatest American novels ever written: Moby Dick.
Das Werk "Benito Cereno" ist eine Kurzgeschichte von Herman Melville, erstmals 1855 veröffentlicht. Herman Melville, geboren als Herman Melvill (* 1. August 1819 in New York City, New York; † 28.
This definitive, annotated edition offers an authoritative text of Herman Melville's classic short novel, accompanied by a generous selection of documents designed to give students a sense of the rich historical and cultural context of 19th ...
This definitive, annotated edition offers an authoritative text of Herman Melville's classic short novel, accompanied by a generous selection of documents designed to give students a sense of the rich historical and cultural context of ...