English | April 19, 2011 | ISBN: 0807812080, 0807897035 | EPUB | 152 Pages | 0.9 MB
The confidence man held a fascination for Melville, Hawthorne, Howells, Johnson J. Hooper, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain. In this study the writers are grouped in such a way as to emphasize certain large-scale cultural patterns of nineteenth-century America. Primary attention is given to the con man character himself and the ways in which he reflects the unique qualities and perceptions of a given writer.
Originally published in 1973.
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