| Publisher |
Lightning Source Inc |
| Publication Year |
2012 |
| ISBN-13 |
9781617206887 |
| ISBN-10 |
9781617206887 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
40 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Dimensions (Cms) |
15.24 x 0.25 x 22.86 |
| Weight (grms) |
74 |
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.
Herman Melville
Herman Melville (August 1819 - September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, and poet. During his lifetime his early novels, South Seas adventures, were quite popular, but his audience declined later in his life. By the time of his death he had nearly been forgotten. His masterpiece, Moby-Dick, was 'rediscovered' in later years and he is now widely esteemed as one of the most important figures in American literature.
Herman Melville
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