The sign of the cannibal
Subtitle: Melville and the making of a postcolonial reader
By: Geoffrey Sanborn.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Political and social views.; Imperialism in literature.; Literature and anthropology -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Postcolonialism in literature.; Cannibalism in literature.; Reader-response criticism.; Colonies in literature.; Postcolonialism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-249) and index.