the confidence theme in redburn, moby-dick, pierre and the confidence man
abstract
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.
collections
- retrospective theses [1604]