Melville's Confidence Man: From Knave to Knight |
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... meaning of the book is the atmosphere of mind it registers and proceeds from . Deeper than the satirical ' comedy of thought ' that , for one thing , never tells us , as such comedies customarily do , what grounds of fictive ...
... meaning of the book is the atmosphere of mind it registers and proceeds from . Deeper than the satirical ' comedy of thought ' that , for one thing , never tells us , as such comedies customarily do , what grounds of fictive ...
Page 138
From Knave to Knight Tom Quirk. The deepest meaning of the book must therefore be sought in the attitude of mind it " registers and proceeds from " or rather , in view of the fact that the book grew and changed as it was written , the ...
From Knave to Knight Tom Quirk. The deepest meaning of the book must therefore be sought in the attitude of mind it " registers and proceeds from " or rather , in view of the fact that the book grew and changed as it was written , the ...
Page 143
... meaning , the wit of which largely derives from a punning with underworld jargon . The cosmopolitan asks the barber if he is competent to give him a " good shave " -that is , the reader is meant to understand , is he capable of cheating ...
... meaning , the wit of which largely derives from a punning with underworld jargon . The cosmopolitan asks the barber if he is competent to give him a " good shave " -that is , the reader is meant to understand , is he capable of cheating ...
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