| The Confidence-Man Contributor(s): Melville, Herman (Author), Bryant, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 037575802X ISBN-13: 9780375758027 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 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. |
| Additional Information |
| 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" (0.74 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |