The confidence-man : his masquerade /
Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the 'masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele is 'the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most 'modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural histo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | [New edition] / |
| Series: | Oxford world's classics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the 'masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidele 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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| Item Description: | This edition previously issued in print: 1989. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlvi, 361 pages) : map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780191923012 (ebook) : |
| DOI: | 10.1093/owc/9780199554850.001.0001 |