The confidence game in American literature /

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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�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wadlington, Warwick, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey ; London, England : Princeton University Press, 1975.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Swindlers and swindling in literature.
Tricksters in literature.
Deception in literature.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Tricksters dans la littérature.
Tromperie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 of the social motivations inherent in the fiction. The author concentrates on the process by which confidence is established and the ways in which deception leads to regeneration and an altered perception of authority. His approach increases our unde.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (345 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400871643
1400871646

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