( 2007 ), “‘I'd prefer not to’: Bartleby and the excesses of interpretation ”, Culture and Organization , Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 171 ‐ 82 . [] []Beverungen, Armin, and Stephen Dunne. "`I'd Prefer Not To': Bartleby and the Excesses of Interpretation." C...
"I would prefer not to" - 是的, (很有可能)许多中文读者甚至没有读过"白鯨記"(Moby Dick), 又怎么可能去理会"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" 这个天才般的短篇故事呢 - 那是他们的生活。: ) //@东三放4: ...
Bartleby, a legal scribe who does not write, is best known for the formula with which he responds to all his employer's requests, 'I would prefer not to.' This paper examines this formula, asking what it would mean to 'prefer not to' when the law is in question. By reading Melville...
I am asked to write something personal, which at first I resist. Like that other queer refusenik Bartleby, I would prefer not to. I have changed since I first encountered Orlando 35 years ago—what adult hasn’t changed in 35 years? And because I have changed, how I read has changed....
She cut her eyes to the entrance of the stables. “So, are you going to show me around or not? I’d prefer to have my tour before the rain comes pouring down.”“So demanding,” he grumbled jokingly, taking her hand in his and leading her out of the stables. “What can I show...
Reply permalink report #2Sylvain Bernèscomment accepted July 2021 Like Bartleby, I would prefer not to criticize your opinion paper. People may criticize me. Reply permalink report
I. Preface to Greene’s Menaphon. 1589 To the Gentlemen Students of Both Vniuersities.CVRTEOVS and wise, whose iudgements (not entangled with enuie) enlarge the deserts of the Learned by your
What follows is the evacuation of Kratovice and the withdrawal of Erich’s unit, skirmishes in which Conrad is mortally wounded, and a truly breathtaking last meeting of Erich and Sophie who has been taken prisoner. I prefer not to reveal more of the story here, but the title of the bo...
lot with their public persona and their sometimes very controversial opinions about certain topics. Not that the books by these authors are necessarily bad, but I prefer to read without too much background noise. So I will come also to these authors, but most probably not in the near future...
t like, she’ll give you a sour expression, utter a perfunctory thank you, and then give the gift back. I once handed her a picnic basket to hold. She mistakenly thought it was a gift. “No thank you,” she told me. “I prefer not to picnic.” She’s basically a tweenBartleby....