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Isolation and Caritas: Polar Themes in Melville's The Confidence-Man

The thesis examines isolation and caritas, or charity, in The Confidence-Man as polar themes which express, respectively, withdrawal from and suspicion of the human community and integration within and appreciation for that community. Isolation is considered a negative theme; caritas, an affirmative theme.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc131468
Date12 1900
CreatorsHollen, Norman V.
ContributorsMiller, Lee W., Kesterson, David B., 1938-, Henderson, Sam H.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Format2, [iii], 136 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Hollen, Norman V.

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