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Hermen Melville’s The Confidence-Man is an enigmatic work that defies easy categorization and challenges readers with its intricate web of absurdities. The ambiguousness, incongruity, and inconclusiveness manifested at every level of The Confidence-Man have often been interpreted by critics as evidence of failure. However, through a close examination of the radical absurdities in the novel’s formal and thematic delineation, this paper aims to unravel the underlying political, philosophical, and literary implications Melville attempts to explore in this paradoxical work. By juxtaposing Melville’s novelistic experiment with Deleuze’s reading of Melville and theorization on the concept of paradox, this paper also sheds light on the new possibilities Melville reveals in the use of nonsense as a means of reorientation and reconfiguration of the way one encounters and engages with the world.

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Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. To Undeceive the Deceived: From Double-Negative to Double-Affirmative
Ⅲ. Paradoxical Affirmation of the Absurd
Ⅳ. The Original Speaks with the World
Ⅴ. Conclusion
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• Sujin Youn [ Lecturer, Seoul National University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820