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Shadow Over the Promised Land

Shadow Over the Promised Land Slavery, Race, and Violence in Melville's America

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    Publisher's Synopsis

    Examines Melville's poetry as well as works of fiction including WhiteJacket, Benito Cereno, and Moby Dick in order to analyze the nineteenthcentury author's views on slavery, race, and violence.

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    ISBN: 9780807105658
    Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
    Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 813.3
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 327
    Weight: -1g

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