Melville’s Wall Street: It Speaks for Itself

Subtitled “A Story of Wall Street”, Herman Melville’s compact and—compared to its controversial immediate predecessor Pierre or the Ambiguities—“tidy” piece, “Bartleby the Scrivener” evokes an insular, and cartographically almost peninsular, portion of Manhattan Island shimmering in the newly emerg...

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izdano v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsse,
Glavni avtor: Guillen, Matthew
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: Journal of the Short Story in English 2008
Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček:Subtitled “A Story of Wall Street”, Herman Melville’s compact and—compared to its controversial immediate predecessor Pierre or the Ambiguities—“tidy” piece, “Bartleby the Scrivener” evokes an insular, and cartographically almost peninsular, portion of Manhattan Island shimmering in the newly emerging largesse which will soon typify New York as the grand commercial crossroads of the world.The tale involves the relationship between Bartleby and his employer, the attorney narrator, and unfolds...