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Colonial Oceanic Environments, Law and Narrative in Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno and Juan Benet’s Sub rosa

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Pages 426-441 | Received 27 Jan 2018, Accepted 09 May 2018, Published online: 10 Jul 2018

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