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| TITLE: |
The confidence-man, his masquerade : an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, reviews, criticism, an annotated bibliography / Herman Melville ; edite |
| AUTHOR: |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. |
| SERIES: |
Norton critical edition |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York : W.W. Norton, ©1971. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xvii, 376 pages ; 21 cm. |
| EDITION: |
1st ed. |
| NOTES: |
"Slightly corrected reprinting of the first American edition," published in 1857. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-376). |
| NOTES: |
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. |
| SUBJECT: |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Confidence-man. |
| SUBJECT: |
Swindlers and swindling --Fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
Steamboats --Fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
American fiction --19th century. |
| SUBJECT: |
Mississippi River--Fiction. |
| SUBJECT: |
Satire. |
| SUBJECT: |
Bateaux a` vapeur--Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| SUBJECT: |
Roman ame´ricain--19e sie`cle. |
| SUBJECT: |
Mississippi (Fleuve) --Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Parker, Hershel, editor. |
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