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Subject: Re: Melville's _The Confidence Man_
From: Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 21:48:12 -0500
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Susan Kuhlmann's KNAVE, FOOL, AND GENIUS (1973) is the only source that
comes to mind immediately. It has much discussion of Melville's CONFIDENCE
MAN  and Twain, but I don't recall anything being clearly documented.
There's another book that I think discusses this subject, but I can't recall
the title. It studies the theme of impostors or con artists in Twain's works
(and others) and I think it has the word "impostors" or "imposture" in the
title.

Kevin Mac Donnell
Austin TX

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