The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. The novels title refers to its central character, an ambiguous figure who sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fools Day. This stranger attempts to test the confidence of the passengers, whose varied reactions constitute the bulk of the text. Each person including the reader is forced to confront that in which he places his trust. The Confidence-Man uses the Mississippi River as a metaphor for those broader aspects of American and human identity that unify the otherwise disparate characters. Melville also employs the rivers fluidity as a reflection and backdrop of the shifting identities of his "confidence man." The novel is written as cultural satire, allegory, and metaphysical treatise, dealing with themes of sincerity, identity, morality, religiosity, economic materialism, irony, and cynicism. Many critics have placed The Confidence-Man alongside Melvilles Moby-Dick and "Bartleby, the Scrivener" as a precursor to 20th-century literary preoccupations with nihilism, existentialism, and absurdism. Melvilles choice to set the novel on April Fools Day underlines the works satirical nature and potentially reflects Melvilles worldview, once expressed in a letter to his friend Samuel Savage: "It is-or seems to be-a wise sort of thing, to realise that all that happens to a man in this life is only by way of joke, especially his misfortunes, if he have them. And it is also worth bearing in mind, that the joke is passed round pretty liberally & impartially, so that not very many are entitled to fancy that they in particular are getting the worst of it." The work includes several satires of 19th century literary figures: Mark Winsome is based on Ralph Waldo Emerson while his "practical disciple" Egbert is Henry David Thoreau; Charlie Noble is based on Nathaniel Hawthorne; Edgar Allan Poe inspired a beggar in the story. Author Biography Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, sh Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, sh Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, sh Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaort story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaort story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaort story writer, essayist, and poet who received wide acclaim for his earliest novels, such as "Typee" and "Redburn", bim for his earliest novels, such as "Typee" and "Redburn", bim Details ISBN 1515290689 ISBN-13 9781515290681 Title The Confidence-Man Author Herman Melville Format Paperback Year 2015 Pages 384 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:95795038; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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