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Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in three installments in Putnam's Monthly in 1855. The tale, slightly revised, was included in his short story collection The Piazza Tales that appeared in May 1856.
Herman Melville in 1860 "The Piazza" "Bartleby, the Scrivener" "Benito Cereno" "The Lightning-Rod Man" "The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles" "The Bell-Tower" In "The Piazza", specially written as an introductory story to the volume, the protagonist idealizes a radiant spot on the mountain he looks upon from his piazza.
Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.
Works by Herman Melville at Project Gutenberg; The Northwestern-Newberry Edition of the Writings of Herman Melville Archived 2018-10-24 at the Wayback Machine – All of Melville's writings published with extensive notes and commentary; A Checklist Of Herman Melville's First and Major Editions; Collecting Herman Melville by William S. Reese, 1993
The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles", is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical "Sketches" on the Galápagos Islands , then frequently known as the "Enchanted Islands" ( Spanish : Islas Encantadas ) from the treacherous winds and currents around them.
In 1799 the black slaves being transported in a three mast ship captained by the South American, Benito Cereno, rebel. After killing part of the crew, they subdue the captain. The rebel slaves order him to set sail for Africa, but the ship runs into trouble. Delano, the U.S. Captain of a whaler comes to their assistance.
Lowell's idea for The Old Glory began with his attempt to adapt Herman Melville's novella Benito Cereno into an opera for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. In 1960, with the assistance of the poet William Meredith, Lowell received a grant from the Ford Foundation to write the libretto. [11]
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