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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wadlington, Warwick, 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey ; London, England : Princeton University Press, 1975.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; 1. Akin to Genesis; Part 1. Herman Melville: In Trust Never Theless; Part 2. Mark Twain: The Authority of the Courtier; Part 3. Nathanael West; Index.

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