African Culture and Melville's Art: The Creative Process in Benito Cereno and Moby-Dick
- ISBN-10
- 0195372700
- ISBN-13
- 9780195372700
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 154
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-11-19
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- Sterling Stuckey
Description
Presenting a groundbreaking reappraisal of these two powerful pieces of fiction, Sterling Stuckey reveals how African customs and rituals heavily influenced one of America's greatest novelists.
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