The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
Book Description
Herman Melville has had an extremely varied experience with his writing accomplishments. As an author, he is greatly recognized and remembered worldwide for his famous novel, Moby Dick. However, Melville's original take on literature not only spawned many remarkable short fiction stories like "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and "Billy Budd, Sailor," but also a book that wasgreatlydisregarded during his ...
MoreHerman Melville has had an extremely varied experience with his writing accomplishments. As an author, he is greatly recognized and remembered worldwide for his famous novel, Moby Dick. However, Melville's original take on literature not only spawned many remarkable short fiction stories like "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and "Billy Budd, Sailor," but also a book that wasgreatlydisregarded during his time,but achievedremarkablerecognition later on: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade.Widely seen as oneofthe firstpostmodernnovels ever tobewritten,The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade is a reflection of Melville's remarkablewritingskills and ingenuity.The book sets up theentireaction ofthestory on a riverboat traveling on theMississippiriver,andexploresthe variousstorylines of a number ofinterestingfigures and characters that are not onlyextremelylife-like,but alsoquitecomplex.Thebook exploresthenature of trustandconfidence through in-depthportrayalsofbeggars,frontiersmen,shysters,veterans and a cosmopolitan wholaterbecomes oneofthekey figures ofthenovel.Theplot,however,straysfromthe conventionalstorytellingapproach oftraditionalprose.Instead,Melville addressesmanyissues outsidetheframework of thenormalflow of his novel's action,and forms amuchmore empathetic bond withhisreaders.The Confidence-Man is essentially a collectionofconversations betweenvariouscharacters,designedtoact as a substitute for theregularnarrative format.While it may make readingthebook somewhatmorechallenging-which is also themainreason why the novel was sopoorlyreceived inthemid-1800s - going throughitspages and uncovering the deeperpsychologicalinsight and profiling that Meville portrays throughhischaracters is definitely aworthwhileendeavor.You'll find that,even when compared to well-receivedpostmodernnovels of morerecenttimes,The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade remains an extremelywell-writtenbook that fans of the genre willneverfail to hold in thehighestregard.
Publisher | IDB Productions |
Binding | MP3 CD (61 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized
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# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | 1775427994 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1775427995 |
Publication Date | /2016 |
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