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"The Overcoat" (Russian: Шине́ль, translit. Shinyél’; sometimes translated as " The Cloak " or " The Mantle ") is a short story by Nikolai Gogol , published in 1842. The story has had a great influence on Russian literature .
Bartleby has been interpreted as a "psychological double" for the narrator who criticizes the "sterility, impersonality, and mechanical adjustments of the world which the lawyer inhabits." [11] Until the end of the story, Bartleby's background is unknown and may have sprung from the narrator's mind. The narrator screens off Bartleby in a corner ...
Bartleby.com is an American electronic text archive, headquartered in Los Angeles (US) and named for Herman Melville's story "Bartleby, the Scrivener". It is a commercial website operated by Barnes & Noble Education , [ 1 ] though its repository of texts can still be accessed. [ 2 ]
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is the first book of poetry of the American author Herman Melville.Published by Harper & Brothers of New York in 1866, the volume is dedicated "To the Memory of the Three Hundred Thousand Who in the War For the Maintenance of the Union Fell Devotedly Under the Flag of Their Fathers" and its 72 poems deal with the battles and personalities of the American ...
Kirkus Reviews called the book a "wry, mind-bending delight" and associated its literary mode with Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino. [1] Mark Sanderson of The Guardian called the book original and "a postmodern paradox, something out of nothing" which with its literary references will make almost anyone "feel woefully illiterate - but then that is part of the game".
Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.
Bartleby is the title character in Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener". Bartleby may also refer to: Bartleby, a British film starring Thorley Walters; Bartleby, a French production; Bartleby, an American film starring Crispin Glover and David Paymer; Bartleby, the protagonist of the movie Accepted (film)
The Overcoat is a story by Nikolai Gogol. It may also refer to the title of several films, some based on that story: The Overcoat, an American film directed by Rae Berger; The Overcoat, a Soviet silent film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg