Background Knowledge about Melville and Bartleby
Explanatory Footnotes"Bartleby" is a tragi-comic fable about a man, hemmed in by the walls of society, responding through the force of his passivity. It is equally about the accommodating lawyer who employed him and recalls his eccentricities. The lawyer attempts without success to persuade Bartleby to conform to the conventions of the profession, and eventually to help and to understand. In a subtle way, this tale of a legal scribe is likewise about the writer Melville and his own sense of circumscription. The Beautiful Mind of Edward SaidWant to view excerpts from Marxism for Beginners? [download from the attachments section at the bottom of this page]Abraham Lincoln on Labor
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