The Confidence-Man
E145050
The Confidence-Man is an 1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville that unfolds aboard a Mississippi riverboat, exploring themes of deception, trust, and American identity through a series of enigmatic encounters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Confidence-Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Confidence-Man Context triple: [Herman Melville, notableWork, The Confidence-Man]
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A.
The Honest Men
The Honest Men is the traditional nickname of Scottish football club Ayr United F.C., reflecting the club’s historic identity and local pride.
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B.
The Awakening Conscience
The Awakening Conscience is an 1853 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies Pre-Raphaelite moral realism, depicting a kept woman’s sudden moment of spiritual and moral realization.
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C.
The Biglow Papers
The Biglow Papers is a satirical collection of dialect poems and prose by James Russell Lowell that critiques the Mexican–American War and contemporary politics in mid-19th-century America.
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D.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a satirical novel that transports a 19th-century American engineer back to King Arthur’s Britain, where he uses modern knowledge to challenge medieval society and romanticized chivalry.
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E.
Candide
Candide is a satirical novella by Voltaire that follows a naïve young man’s disillusioning journey through a series of misfortunes, sharply critiquing philosophical optimism and societal hypocrisy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Confidence-Man Target entity description: The Confidence-Man is an 1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville that unfolds aboard a Mississippi riverboat, exploring themes of deception, trust, and American identity through a series of enigmatic encounters.
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A.
The Honest Men
The Honest Men is the traditional nickname of Scottish football club Ayr United F.C., reflecting the club’s historic identity and local pride.
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B.
The Awakening Conscience
The Awakening Conscience is an 1853 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies Pre-Raphaelite moral realism, depicting a kept woman’s sudden moment of spiritual and moral realization.
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C.
The Biglow Papers
The Biglow Papers is a satirical collection of dialect poems and prose by James Russell Lowell that critiques the Mexican–American War and contemporary politics in mid-19th-century America.
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D.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a satirical novel that transports a 19th-century American engineer back to King Arthur’s Britain, where he uses modern knowledge to challenge medieval society and romanticized chivalry.
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E.
Candide
Candide is a satirical novella by Voltaire that follows a naïve young man’s disillusioning journey through a series of misfortunes, sharply critiquing philosophical optimism and societal hypocrisy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exploresConcept |
commerce
ⓘ
gullibility ⓘ identity ⓘ morality ⓘ performance ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | confidence man ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Billy Budd
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surface form:
Billy Budd (posthumously published, non-contemporary)
|
| hasEnding | open-ended ⓘ |
| hasLaterReception | recognized as major work of Melville ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement |
American Renaissance
ⓘ
American Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | the confidence man ⓘ |
| hasReception | mixed contemporary reception ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
philosophical fiction
ⓘ
social satire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
picaresque fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American identity
ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ deception ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ trust ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | episodic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
ambiguity
ⓘ
unreliable narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Herman Melville bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | Israel Potter ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dix, Edwards & Co. ⓘ |
| setting |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
riverboat ⓘ |
| structure | series of encounters ⓘ |
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Subject: The Confidence-Man Description of subject: The Confidence-Man is an 1857 satirical novel by Herman Melville that unfolds aboard a Mississippi riverboat, exploring themes of deception, trust, and American identity through a series of enigmatic encounters.
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