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... masquerade . " Moreover , Melville invested the masquerade itself with a special " significance " and , in turn , this masquerade provided the author with an almost formulaic structural pattern for his book . Strangely , the question of ...
... masquerade . " Moreover , Melville invested the masquerade itself with a special " significance " and , in turn , this masquerade provided the author with an almost formulaic structural pattern for his book . Strangely , the question of ...
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... masquerade would seem to consist of eight , rather than seven disguises . Despite his appar- ent innocence , the mute has a place in the confidence man's masquerade along with Black Guinea and six others on his list : John Ringman , Mr ...
... masquerade would seem to consist of eight , rather than seven disguises . Despite his appar- ent innocence , the mute has a place in the confidence man's masquerade along with Black Guinea and six others on his list : John Ringman , Mr ...
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... Masquerade . " Ph.D. dissertation , Uni- versity of Connecticut , 1968 . Berthoff , Warner . The Example of Melville . New York : W. W. Norton & Co. , 1972 . • די " Herman Melville : The Confidence - Man . " In Land- marks of American ...
... Masquerade . " Ph.D. dissertation , Uni- versity of Connecticut , 1968 . Berthoff , Warner . The Example of Melville . New York : W. W. Norton & Co. , 1972 . • די " Herman Melville : The Confidence - Man . " In Land- marks of American ...
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