{"product_id":"satirical-apocalypse-an-anatomy-of-melvilles-the-confidence-man-0274952106","title":"Satirical Apocalypse: An Anatomy of Melville's \"The Confidence-Man\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0274952106\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cook, Jonathan A.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51907757900064,"sku":"NEW0274952106","price":115.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51Mv34H0OeL.jpg?v=1782248829","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/satirical-apocalypse-an-anatomy-of-melvilles-the-confidence-man-0274952106","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}