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Herman Melville

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Bartleby, the Scrivener

12,765 words, approx. 43 pages

BARTLEBY, THE SCRIVENER. A STORY OF WALL-STREET. I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would ... Read more

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Biography EssayHerman Melville, who died almost forgotten although he had once been a popular author and had left behind ten notable books of prose fiction and four of verse, has gathered increasing f... Read more

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American author Herman Melville (1819-1891) is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His work was a response, though often in a negative or ambivalent way, to the romantic movement that dominated Americ... Read more

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"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see th... Read more

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Herman Melville, who died almost forgotten although he had once been a popular author and had left behind ten notable books of prose fiction and four of verse, has gathered increasing fame, especially... Read more

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Herman Melville drew upon his adventurous travels on sea and land for the primary materials of his greatest fiction and poetry. Out of his experiences in the merchant service (1839), the whaling indus... Read more

Essays & Analysis (37)

Critical Essay by Mordecai Marcus

2,255 words, approx. 8 pages

Marcus is an American poet, critic, and educator who has written extensively on nineteenth-century American writers. In the following essay, Marcus insists that Bartleby represents the narrator'... Read more

Critical Essay by Allan Moore Emery

6,069 words, approx. 21 pages

In the following essay, Emery explores themes of freedom and limitation in "Bartleby," particularly emphasizing the doctrines of Jonathan Edwards and Joseph Priestly. In recent years Her... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert E. Abrams

4,202 words, approx. 15 pages

In the following essay, Abrams contrasts Bartleby's acceptance of his involuntary and subconscious motivation with the social and "willful hypocrisies" of the narrator. Probing th... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert N. Mollinger

4,487 words, approx. 15 pages

Mollinger is an English scholar with extensive training in psychoanalysis. In the following excerpt, Mollinger considers "Bartleby" to be a portrayal of basic human, psychological needs,... Read more

Critical Essay by Dennis R. Perry

3,513 words, approx. 12 pages

In the following essay, Perry contends that the character of Bartleby is not schizophrenic, but neurotic. Psychoanalytic critics of Melville's "Bartleby" have been remarkably cons... Read more

Critical Essay by Harold Kaplan

1,634 words, approx. 6 pages

Kaplan is an American poet and critic. In the following excerpt, Kaplan explores the metaphysical implications of "Bartleby" by comparing Bartleby and Moby Dick 's Captain Ahab. I... Read more

Critical Essay by Daniel Stempel and Bruce M. Stillians

5,557 words, approx. 19 pages

In the following essay, Stempel and Stillians consider "Bartleby" to be the result of Melville's interest in Schopenhauer. In October 1853 a troubled Matthew Arnold explained why ... Read more

Critical Essay by Morton Kaplan and Robert Kloss

6,533 words, approx. 22 pages

In the following excerpt, Kaplan and Kloss insist that Bartleby exhibits symptoms of manic-depression, and contend that the narrator's veneer of passivity is a neurotic attempt to repress under... Read more

Critical Essay by Marvin Fisher

7,517 words, approx. 26 pages

Fisher is an American educator whose books include Going Under: Melville's Short Fiction and the American 1850's (1977). In the following essay, Fisher provides an overview of several cr... Read more

Critical Essay by Christopher Bollas

3,465 words, approx. 12 pages

In the following essay, Bollas argues that a psychological interpretation of "Bartleby" demonstrates the value of psychoanalysis to literary criticism. Herman Melville's short nov... Read more

Critical Essay by R. K. Gupta

2,341 words, approx. 8 pages

In the following excerpt, Gupta insists that the narrator of "Bartleby" represents reason, and that Bartleby, in confounding the narrator, emphasizes the inability of pure reason to nego... Read more

Critical Essay by Ted Billy

3,718 words, approx. 13 pages

In the following essay, Billy interprets the narrator and Bartleby, respectively, as fictional projections of eros and thanatos principles in Melville's own psyche, and considers "Bartle... Read more

Critical Essay by Milton Kornfeld

1,807 words, approx. 7 pages

In the following essay, Kornfeld claims that Bartleby is distinguished by his refusal to correspond to social roles. Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" has been read as an attack... Read more

Critical Essay by Leo Marx

8,810 words, approx. 30 pages

Marx is an American educator and critic. In the following seminal essay, he examines the autobiographical aspect of "Bartleby, the Scrivener," focusing on the symbol of the walls and the... Read more

Morris Beja

5,412 words, approx. 19 pages

History and Development of Symptoms. The patient, a young apprentice in Chartered Accountancy, was admitted to hospital in January 1958, at the age of 23 years. . . . On leaving school at 17 he embark... Read more

Critical Essay by Milton R. Stern

11,819 words, approx. 40 pages

Stern is an American critic. In the following excerpt, he assesses critical perspectives on "Bartleby, the Scrivener." When Ishmael asserted that the changefulness of life 'requi... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael Murphy

2,986 words, approx. 10 pages

In the following essay, Murphy contends that "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is a metaphorical story about the inner life of one individual, the lawyer. It is a fact not generally acknowledge... Read more

Critical Essay by Graham Nicol Forst

3,362 words, approx. 12 pages

In the following essay, Forst contends that "Bartleby, the Scrivener" records a spiritual awakening undergone by the narrator. "No materials exist," says Bartleby's... Read more

Critical Essay by H. Bruce Franklin

4,070 words, approx. 14 pages

Franklin is an American critic with a special interest in the work of Herman Melville. In the following excerpt, he interprets "Bartleby, the Scrivener" as a religious allegory, particul... Read more

Critical Essay by John Gardner

4,882 words, approx. 17 pages

Gardner was an American novelist, educator, and critic with a special interest in medieval literature. As a critic, he championed the moral function of literature. In the following essay, he analyzes ... Read more

Critical Essay by Lionel Trilling

1,638 words, approx. 6 pages

A respected American critic and literary historian, Trilling was also an essayist, editor, novelist, and short story writer. His exploration of liberal arts theory and its implications for the conduct... Read more

Critical Essay by Peter E. Firchow

2,856 words, approx. 10 pages

Firchow is an American critic. In the following essay, he examines the meaning and significance of the final paragraph of "Bartleby, the Scrivener. " "Bartleby," as the an... Read more

Critical Essay by Gordon E. Bigelow

5,465 words, approx. 19 pages

Bigelow is an American critic and educator. In the following essay, he proposes that the symbolism in "Bartleby, the Scrivener" is too rich to be reduced to a single, definitive meaning.... Read more

Critical Essay by Sanford Pinsker

4,464 words, approx. 15 pages

Pinsker is an American scholar and poet, and the author of several books on contemporary American literature. He has a particular interest in American humor and is known for his own witty critical sty... Read more

Critical Essay by R. Bruce Bickley, Jr.

5,149 words, approx. 18 pages

Bickley is an American educator and critic with a special interest in the work of Herman Melville and Joel Chandler Harris. In the following excerpt, he provides an overview of "Bartleby, the S... Read more

Critical Essay by Thomas P. Joswick

5,619 words, approx. 19 pages

In the essay below, Joswick compares thematic aspects of "Bartleby the Scrivener" to those of Melville's controversial novel Pierre. "Pray leave me; who was ever cured by ... Read more

The Aspect of Conformity in "Bartleby"

624 words, approx. 3 pages

Herman Melville's short story Bartleby the Scrivener, was written for people used to conforming to others opinions to push the idea of individual thought and actions as opposed to compliance and to sh... Read more

Bartleby

794 words, approx. 3 pages

Melville, in Bartleby the Scrivener, poses many central questions, which question humanity. Melville questions the narrator's responsibility for Bartleby. Is it still humane if the narrator does not... Read more

Ah Bartleby Ah Humanity

333 words, approx. 2 pages

The final line in Herman Melville's Bartleby, the narrator shows the reader his lack of understanding humanity. The narrator shows an attitude that he thinks he knows everything, which society also h... Read more

Bartleby: Examining the Narrator's Attitude Toward Turkey

630 words, approx. 3 pages

From the content of the passage introducing Turkey and the way it is stated, the attitude of the narrator towards him is revealed. The narrator feels superior to and annoyed by Turkey. He totally loo... Read more

Heavenly Charity in Bartleby

900 words, approx. 4 pages

In every workplace, employees do what is in their job description. Rarely there are workers who get away without performing their duties. Bartleby, however, gets away with it. In Herman Melville's "B... Read more

A Compare/contrast Analysis of Billy Budd and Bartleby

1,873 words, approx. 7 pages

A Comparison/Contrast Analysis of "Billy Budd" and Bartleby" Several comparisons and contrasts can be made concerning the two stories, Billy Budd and Bartleby, written by Herman Melville. Th... Read more

Comparison of Bartleby and the Boss in "Bartleby the Scrivener"

1,637 words, approx. 6 pages

Herman Melville explores the dehumanizing effects that industrial society can have on an individual in Bartleby the Scrivener. Throughout the passage, the unnamed Boss is intrigued with his new scriv... Read more

The Mirrors of Bartleby

653 words, approx. 3 pages

Alexandra Esler Maycock 2AC Bartleby September 22, 2005 It is amazing how two people with similar backgrounds can be complete polar opposites. Say for example, you meet a set of twins. ... Read more

Bartleby

942 words, approx. 4 pages

Safety is something people revert to when they do not wish to face the challenges that lie ahead of them. Many people instead of facing their problems and faults revert back to what they know the saf... Read more

Bartleby the Scrivener

573 words, approx. 2 pages

Bartleby is hired as scrivener for a lawyer on Wall Street. He works hard daily and keeps long hours. He is always there when his co-workers arrive, and copies busily through their evening departure... Read more

"Bartleby the Scrivener": Short Story vs. Movie

723 words, approx. 3 pages

Almost every time a short story or novel is made into a movie there are changes that the director or editor makes that either add to or take away from the movie. These changes are made to format the ... Read more

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