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The nineteenth-century American novelist, Herman Melville, is oftentimes viewed as a multi-cultured innovator who possibly anticipated post-modernism. In his epic romance,  Mardi , Melville incorporates aspects of Orientalism within a Westernized framework, thereby eroding cultural borders. This article focuses on  Arabian Nights  as one possible parent text for  Mardi  on the one hand, and on Melville's naturalization of certain Orientalist concepts in his novel on the other. Furthermore, it explores the question of whether Melville “whitewashes” the Eastern narrative to naturalize the text and thus familiarize Westerners with a foreign culture in the spirit of multi-culturalism, or whether he simply subscribes to the Orientalist stereotypes prevalent in nineteenth-century America.

The Naturalization of Orientalism in Herman Melville's Mardi: Whitewashing Arabian Nights?