Friday 23 October 2015

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A[n interactive, annotated] story of Wall Street.

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A[n interactive, annotated] story of Wall Street.

“Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a coy document. Part office comedy, part ghost story, part Zen koan, the text seems determined to subvert the expectations of its readers. No wonder some critics have read the story as Herman Melville offering a middle finger to the literary establishment. It is a searing critique of American capitalism, a protest story, an existentialist paean to the necessity of going on in an absurd world, and much more. Explore it through this interactive annotated text.
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