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... " suggests that he might have contemplated this familiar method.23 In any event , without an involved narrator and a wealth of re- 1 7 1 . 1 membered experiences to give it coherence , Melville's story may 14 Melville's Confidence Man.
... " suggests that he might have contemplated this familiar method.23 In any event , without an involved narrator and a wealth of re- 1 7 1 . 1 membered experiences to give it coherence , Melville's story may 14 Melville's Confidence Man.
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... give coherence to otherwise discrete and unrelated episodes . The experience of writing Israel Potter had taught Melville that a central character could be used in this way , but by the time he came to have his confidence man masquerade ...
... give coherence to otherwise discrete and unrelated episodes . The experience of writing Israel Potter had taught Melville that a central character could be used in this way , but by the time he came to have his confidence man masquerade ...
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... give a brother a shilling if he needed it . By some shrewd manage- ment , Myers was induced to give him six or seven dollars.8 Melville was clearly acquainted with this newspaper article , also reprinted in the Springfield Republican on ...
... give a brother a shilling if he needed it . By some shrewd manage- ment , Myers was induced to give him six or seven dollars.8 Melville was clearly acquainted with this newspaper article , also reprinted in the Springfield Republican on ...
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