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The knot of "Benito Cereno". (Abstracts).

Publication: Melville Society Extracts
Publication Date: 01-FEB-02 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: The knot of "Benito Cereno". (Abstracts).(Abstract)(Brief Article)

Article Excerpt
Undo it, cut it, quick," says the aged sailor on board the San Dominick to Amasa Delano, as he tosses him his overdetermined knot. Of course, this invitation and imperative are extended by Melville not only to his protagonist but also to his readers. And many critics have responded with great care, unraveling the tangle of Melville's allusions to the San Domingo revolution, the Amistad revolt, African cultural practices, American ethnology, and the persistence of the Old World in the New. Critics have argued for the presence of a sustained, immanent critique of the ideology and politics of slavery. They have debated...

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