Satirical Apocalypse : An Anatomy of Melville's the Confidence-Man Hardback
by Jonathan A. Cook
Part of the Contributions to the Study of World Literature series
Hardback
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This valuable new addition to Melville studies offers a ground-breaking interpretation of Melville's last published novel, one of the most complex texts in American literature and a work that has long been noted for the divergent critical views it has elicited.
Reading the novel as a generic hybrid of narrative satire and apolyptic vision, Cook situates the novel in its implicit theological, historical, and biographical contexts: he examines the novel's relation to Melville's heterodox ideas of the deity, to the increasingly commercialized cultural milieu of antebellum America, and to Melville's own life and literary career.
Uncovering a wealth of new data on the novel's satirical applications, including its covert use of Melville's friends and family for character models, Cook offers a compelling reading of The Confidence-Man - one that is sure to influence our future conception of its creator.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:30/04/1996
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- ISBN:9780313294044
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:30/04/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9780313294044
