The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade - Softcover

Melville, Herman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1523432586 ISBN 13: 9781523432585

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Herman Melville was a well-known American novelist in his day, with best-sellers like Typee, but by the time he died in 1891, he had fallen into obscurity. Although his first few books were popular, they too began to collect dust and be forgotten in the country.Then came the Melville Revival in the early 20th century, which breathed life into his legacy and brought his work back to the forefront. Of course, the book that benefited the most from that revival is now considered one of the greatest American novels ever written: Moby Dick.

About this title

About the Author:

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York. Family hardships forced him to leave school for various occupations, including shipping as a cabin boy to Liverpool in 1839 -- a voyage that sparked his love for the sea. A shrewd social critic and philosopher in his fiction, he is considered an outstanding writer of the sea and a great stylist who mastered both realistic narrative and a rich, rhythmical prose.

Review:

"I love the book, more than Moby-Dick, more than any native novel I can think of. Melville is the muse of my America, and The Confidence-Man is my vade mecum. I ve read it over and over, and sometimes tried to imitate it. And yet. . . . Is there a more lighthearted and amusing tale that s meaner and more misanthropic?" --Jim Lewis, Conjunctions

"Melville took an awful licking. He was bound to. He was an original, aboriginal." --Charles Olson

"The oddities of thought, felicities of expression, the wit, humor, and rollicking inspirations are as abundant and original as in any of the productions of this most remarkable writer." --New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1523432586
• ISBN 13: 9781523432585
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190