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... satire but as satirical allegory proved to be a strong one , for the allegorical development of a narrative has as ... satire . Moreover , this allegorical view is appeal- ing because it enables readers to reconcile many of the apparent ...
... satire but as satirical allegory proved to be a strong one , for the allegorical development of a narrative has as ... satire . Moreover , this allegorical view is appeal- ing because it enables readers to reconcile many of the apparent ...
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... satirical thrusts at their transcen- dental philosophy , The Confidence - Man is not merely a " great transcendental satire , " as Carl Van Vechten would have had us believe.26 As a careful reading of the novel soon discloses , The ...
... satirical thrusts at their transcen- dental philosophy , The Confidence - Man is not merely a " great transcendental satire , " as Carl Van Vechten would have had us believe.26 As a careful reading of the novel soon discloses , The ...
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... satire , The Confidence - Man reveals a great many defects . One is apt to conclude with a contemporary reviewer - who claimed to have read parts of the book forward and parts backward , to have attacked it then in the middle , and ...
... satire , The Confidence - Man reveals a great many defects . One is apt to conclude with a contemporary reviewer - who claimed to have read parts of the book forward and parts backward , to have attacked it then in the middle , and ...
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