Professor Christopher Freeburg: 1 book
Melville and the Idea of Blackness
Race and Imperialism in Nineteenth Century America
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
By 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...
