African culture and Melville's art : the creative process in Benito Cereno and Moby-Dick /

African culture and Melville's art : the creative process in Benito Cereno and Moby-Dick /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stuckey, Sterling
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Criticism and interpretation.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Knowledge > Africa.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Benito Cereno.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Moby Dick.
Table of Contents:
  • The tambourine in glory
  • Benito Cereno and Moby-Dick
  • The hatchet-polishers, Benito Cereno, and Amasa Delano
  • Cheer and gloom : Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville on slave music and dance
  • Appendix : Chapter XVI from Captain Amasa Delano's A narrative of voyages and travels.