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''The Piazza Tales'' (1856) is the only collection of short stories by American writer Herman Melville. It was published with Dix & Edwards in the United States and a British edition followed shortly afterward. Except for the title story, "The Piazza," all of the stories had appeared in ''Putnam's Monthly'', the first being ''Bartleby, the Scrivener'' in 1853.〔Rollyson and Paddock, p. 157〕 Melville had originally intended to entitle the volume ''Benito Cereno and Other Sketches'',〔 but it was ''The Encantadas'', his sketches of the Galápagos Islands, that garnered the most attention from critics.〔Branch, p. 35〕 Even though ''The Piazza Tales'' received largely favorable reviews, it did not sell well enough to get Melville out of his financial straits.〔Robertson-Laurant, p. 358.〕〔Parker p. 283ff extensively discusses the contemporary reviews and how ineffective they ultimately proved to be.〕 ==Contents== #"The Piazza" #"Bartleby, the Scrivener" (first published in ''Putnam's'' November and December 1853) #"Benito Cereno" (first published in ''Putnam's'' October, November and December 1855) #"The Lightning-Rod Man" (first published in ''Putnam's'' August 1854) #"The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles" (first published in ''Putnam's'' March, April, and May 1854) #"The Bell-Tower" (first published in ''Putnam's'' August 1855) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Piazza Tales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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