Melville and the Idea of Blackness: Race and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century America (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 164) Heartdrum A mesmerizing debut novel set

A mesmerizing debut novel set in northern Texas about two sisters who discover an unsettling secret about their father

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Melville and the Idea of Blackness: Race and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century America (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 164) Heartdrum A mesmerizing debut novel setBy 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 as either a metaphor for the haunting power of slavery or an allegory of moral evil, Freeburg asserts that blackness functions as the site where