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Confidence-Man by Herman Melville (1999, Uk-Trade Paper)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100192837621
ISBN-139780192837622
eBay Product ID (ePID)52521
Product Key Features
Book TitleConfidence-Man
Number of Pages408 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary, American / General
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorHerman Melville
Book SeriesOxford World's Classics Ser.
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"A challenging text....An excellent edition--very useful introduction, appendices, and explanatory notes."--Kenneth D. Pimple, Indiana University, "A challenging text....An excellent edition--very useful introduction, appendices, and explanatory notes."--Kenneth D. Pimple,Indiana University
SynopsisMale, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the 'masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidèle is 'the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most 'modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history., Like a microcosm of America, the Fidele, a Mississippi steamboat bound for New Orleans, floats downstream without reaching its goal, its passengers all the victims or abusers of trust or confidence. Melville's confidence man--deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting--represents a central symbol of American cultural history., Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the masquerade of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele is the confidence man? The central motif of Melville's last and most modern novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history.
LC Classification NumberPS2384
As told toDugdale, John
