Bartleby, The Scrivener

Bartleby, The Scrivener

by Herman Melville
Bartleby, The Scrivener

Bartleby, The Scrivener

by Herman Melville

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Overview

Bartleby is a kind of clerk, a copyist, "who obstinately refuses to go on doing the sort of writing demanded of him." During the spring of 1851, Melville felt similarly about his work on Moby Dick. Thus, Bartleby can be seen to represent Melville’s frustration with his own situation as a writer, and the story itself is “about a writer who forsakes conventional modes because of an irresistible preoccupation with the most baffling philosophical questions.” Bartleby can also be seen to represent Melville's relation to his commercial, democratic society.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940013978379
Publisher: Philtre Libre
Publication date: 02/28/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 40 KB

About the Author

Author of the classic novel Moby Dick.

Date of Birth:

August 1, 1819

Date of Death:

September 28, 1891

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

Attended the Albany Academy in Albany, New York, until age 15
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