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The Confidence-Man
Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author), Bryant, John (Introduction by)

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 ISBN: 037575802X     ISBN-13: 9780375758027
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2003
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Annotation: "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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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Crime
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2003044561
Series: Modern Library Classics
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (0.74 lbs) 384 pages
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product
 
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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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