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...
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North Texas State University
1971
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| Online Access: | https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131468/ |
| Summary: | 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. |
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