Description: "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. John Bryant is a professor of English at Hofstra University and the editor of the Melville Society's journal, Leviathan. He is the author of Melville and Repose and The Fluid Text. He is also the editor of Melville's Tales, Poems, and Other Writings, published by the Modern Library.
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EAN: 9780375758027
UPC: 9780375758027
ISBN: 9780375758027
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Book Title: Confidence-Man
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2003
Topic: Classics, Visionary & Metaphysical, General, Literary
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Author: Herman. Melville
Item Length: 7.9 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Book Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
