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    The confidence theme in Redburn, Moby-Dick, Pierre and The Confidence Man

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    Date

    1975

    Author

    Shorting, Graham A.

    Degree

    Master of Arts

    Discipline

    English

    Subject

    Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
    Swindlers and swindling in literature

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    This paper grew out of my fascination with the multi-disguised tricksters of Melville's The Confidence Man. In the novel a Mississippi riverboat is the setting for a series of episodes in which various travellers are cheated by a number of men who hide their evil nature behind a mask of benevolence and honesty.

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