Showing posts with label Melville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melville. Show all posts

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31 December 2017

BENITO CERENO - Herman Melville

  December 31, 2017            No comments
TRADUZIONE E POSTFAZIONE DI  CRISTINA VITAGLIANO Benito Cereno, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1855, è un altro romanzo in cui l'autore prende spunto dalla sua esperienza da marinaio. È un modello di sintesi e di stile, dove Melville dipinge con colori plumbei una storia fitta di mistero...

01 March 2017

THE CONFIDENCE MAN - Herman Melville

  March 01, 2017            No comments
Published on the day it is set, April Fool’s Day 1857, The Confidence-Man concerns a group of passengers travelling the Mississippi by steamboat (aptly named the Fidèle) and their various onboard encounters with an enigmatic conman figure (who appears throughout in a variety of disguises). Poorly...

14 December 2016

BENITO CERENO - Herman Melville

  December 14, 2016            No comments
"Benito Cereno" is a novel by Herman Melville, a fictionalized account about the revolt on a Spanish slavery ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, first published in 1855. Off the coast of Chile, captain Amasa Delano of the American merchant ship Bachelor's Delight visits the San Dominick, a...

29 October 2016

BENITO CERENO - Herman Melville

  October 29, 2016            No comments
Herman Melville (Nueva York, 1819 - 1891) a los once años se trasladó con su familia a Albany, donde estudió hasta que, por la quiebra de la empresa familiar, tuvo que ponerse a trabajar. La dificultad para encontrar un empleo estable le llevó, en 1841, a enrolarse en un ballenero. Fruto de sus experiencias...
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