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The Confidence Game in American Literature - Princeton Legacy Library Warwick Wadlington
The Confidence Game in American Literature - Princeton Legacy Library
Warwick Wadlington
Drawing on modern studies of rhetoric and the concept of the Trickster, the author examines Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and Nathanael West as creators of a fictive experience centered in deceptive or problematic transactions of confidence. The model of a confidence game, suggested by the writers' own thematic preoccupations, permits an analysis o
346 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 19, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691644813 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 346 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 21 mm · 652 g |
| Language | English |