Melville's Confidence Man: From Knave to Knight |
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Page 13
... seems rushed and truncat- ed , containing as it does what a reader for Putnam's described as those " dreary documents at the end . " 18 Nev- ertheless , Melville still seems to have been casting about for a novel - length subject and in ...
... seems rushed and truncat- ed , containing as it does what a reader for Putnam's described as those " dreary documents at the end . " 18 Nev- ertheless , Melville still seems to have been casting about for a novel - length subject and in ...
Page 55
... seems to indicate Melville's earliest intention for the confidence man's masquerade ; presumably Melville had originally intended to have the confidence man masquer- ade as a soldier and as a gentleman in a yellow vest , but the author ...
... seems to indicate Melville's earliest intention for the confidence man's masquerade ; presumably Melville had originally intended to have the confidence man masquer- ade as a soldier and as a gentleman in a yellow vest , but the author ...
Page 66
... seems legitimate to assume that there was more antireligious feeling beneath the surface of the book than is readily apparent in the printed text . The extent and the details of this , however , are something we do not know . An answer ...
... seems legitimate to assume that there was more antireligious feeling beneath the surface of the book than is readily apparent in the printed text . The extent and the details of this , however , are something we do not know . An answer ...
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