The Confidence-man - His Masquerade (Paperback, New edition)


Male, 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.

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Male, 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.

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General

Imprint

Oxford UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Oxford World's Classics

Release date

July 1999

Availability

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First published

September 1999

Authors

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Dimensions

196 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

408

Edition

New edition

ISBN-13

978-0-19-283762-2

Barcode

9780192837622

Categories

LSN

0-19-283762-1



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