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... evidence about his approach to the most puzzling of all his later books , The Confi- dence - Man . Melville had a natural relish and respect for the " fact ” — either the fact of his own personal experience or a doc- umented account of ...
... evidence about his approach to the most puzzling of all his later books , The Confi- dence - Man . Melville had a natural relish and respect for the " fact ” — either the fact of his own personal experience or a doc- umented account of ...
Page 14
... evidence that Melville ever attempted to sell his book that way to either Harper's or Putnam's . Instead , his literary aspirations were to be- come much higher , especially in the second half of his book , than he probably imagined ...
... evidence that Melville ever attempted to sell his book that way to either Harper's or Putnam's . Instead , his literary aspirations were to be- come much higher , especially in the second half of his book , than he probably imagined ...
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... evidence of what Melville had in mind or put on paper before his manuscript was pre- pared for the printer and public scrutiny . This little evi- dence consists entirely of a surviving manuscript ver- sion of chapter 14 that was ...
... evidence of what Melville had in mind or put on paper before his manuscript was pre- pared for the printer and public scrutiny . This little evi- dence consists entirely of a surviving manuscript ver- sion of chapter 14 that was ...
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