Melville and the Idea of Blackness : Race and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century America

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Freeburg analyzes how Melville grapples with realities of racial difference in nineteenth-century America by examining the important role that 'blackness' plays in Melville's fiction. A valuable resource for scholars and graduate students in American literature, this text will also appeal to those working in American, African American and postcolonial studies.