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ISBN-10: 037575802X
ISBN-13: 9780375758027
Publisher: Modern Library
Publish Date: 09/09/2003
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 0.90" H

The Confidence-Man

Introduction by: John Bryant

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“In The Confidence-Man,” writes John Bryant in his Introduction, “Melville found a way to render our tragic sense of self and society through the comic strategies of the confidence game. He puts the reader in the game to play its parts and to contemplate the inconsistencies of its knaves and fools.” Set on a Mississippi steamer on April Fool’s Day and populated by a series of shape-shifting con men, The Confidence-Man is a challenging metaphysical and ethical exploration of antebellum American society. Set from the first American edition of 1857, this Modern Library paperback includes an Appendix with Bryant’s innovative “fluid text” analysis of early manuscript fragments from Melville’s novel.

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"The great transcendental satire." –Carl Van Vechten
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Details

ISBN-10: 037575802X
ISBN-13: 9780375758027
Publisher: Modern Library
Publish Date: 09/09/2003
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 0.90" H
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