The Deceiver and His Masquerade
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The Deceiver and His Masquerade
9.99 €
The novel's plot is fairly simple, but its style and structure are quite complex. A diverse group of ordinary people travels on a steamboat along the Mississippi (Melville liked to use steamboats as a metaphor for society). An elusive, mysterious Trickster interacts with each of them in various situations and scenes. You witness how the "Victim" and "Predator" attempt to gain an advantage over each other. It seems the characters need to be deceived, eager to be exploited. Through satire and allegory, the Trickster exposes the hypocrisy of society, criticizing exploitation and racial inequality.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was a renowned American writer. From the age of 18, he served as a cabin boy on a packet boat, worked for a time as a teacher, and then ended up on a whaling ship. Unable to bear the tyranny of the stern captain, he ran away. Melville lived for a month among cannibals in the Typee Valley. He began his literary career by describing his life in captivity.
"The Imposter and His Masquerade" is one of the author's last major works of fiction. It was published on April 1, 1857, the same day the novel is set. Melville's father's family hailed from Scotland, where April Fool's Day is traditionally celebrated by sending people on long journeys or impossible errands. The author masterfully plays with narrative form, combining dialogue, essays, and parables, forcing the reader to consider the nature of truth and deception; in this work, Melville emerges as a kind of precursor to postmodernism.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was a renowned American writer. From the age of 18, he served as a cabin boy on a packet boat, worked for a time as a teacher, and then ended up on a whaling ship. Unable to bear the tyranny of the stern captain, he ran away. Melville lived for a month among cannibals in the Typee Valley. He began his literary career by describing his life in captivity.
"The Imposter and His Masquerade" is one of the author's last major works of fiction. It was published on April 1, 1857, the same day the novel is set. Melville's father's family hailed from Scotland, where April Fool's Day is traditionally celebrated by sending people on long journeys or impossible errands. The author masterfully plays with narrative form, combining dialogue, essays, and parables, forcing the reader to consider the nature of truth and deception; in this work, Melville emerges as a kind of precursor to postmodernism.
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