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Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

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Benito Cereno is a novella or short novel by Herman Melville. It was first serialized in Putnam's Monthly in 1855 and later included in slightly revised version in his collection The Piazza Tales (1856). The novella centers on a slave rebellion on board...


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Studies in Short Fiction
The gaze of history in 'Benito Cereno.'
03/22/1995: 6,285 words, approx. 21 pages
Herman Melville's 'Benito Cereno' is begun by an epilogue that points to the ambiguity of the Deposition which occurs at the end to explain the events of the whole story. The document was used as a literary device to impose a sense of closure,...
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Studies in Short Fiction
The idea of nature in "Benito Cereno."
03/22/1993: 3,633 words, approx. 12 pages
Herman Melville's 'Benito Cereno' reveals the author's disgust with Emersonian transcendentalism through the self-delusions of the protagonist. Cereno personifies nature, seeing it as a benevolent force that acts deliberately for the good of humanity. Melville makes it apparent that such idealism offers no practical...
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Actor Roscoe Lee Browne dies in LA at 81
4/12/2007: 521 words, approx. 2 pages
Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81.Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long battle with cancer, said Alan Nierob, a spokesman for the family.Browne's...
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Actor Roscoe Lee Browne dies in LA
4/11/2007: 521 words, approx. 2 pages
Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81.Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a long battle with cancer, said Alan Nierob, a spokesman for the family.Browne's...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Critical Essay by Henry Sussman
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In the following essay, Sussman interprets the sublime and ironic qualities of “Benito Cereno.”
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Critical Essay by William Bartley
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In the following essay, Bartley analyzes “Benito Cereno” as a portrayal of inverted tyranny.
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Critical Essay by John Haegert
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In the following essay, Haegert studies the complex narrative structure of “Benito Cereno” and its relation to the work as anti-imperialist fiction.
 


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Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

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