Melville's Benito Cereno Author:John P. Ruden "Benito Cereno," the novella-story that has alternately been called a "masterpiece," a "miscarriage," and an "exercise in dramatic irony," can now be explored in its fullest context through this research text. — The text, reprinted in its latest authoritative form from the Piazza Tales of 1856, has glossary notes for nautical and specialized term... more »s and an appendix showing Melville's probable changes from an earlier printing.« less