Shadow over the promised land
Subtitle: slavery, race, and violence in Melville's America
By: Carolyn L. Karcher.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Baton Rouge, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Race relations in literature; Violence in literature; Slavery in literature
Notes: Bibliography: p. [309]-321.
Includes index.