Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism


Bartleby, the Scrivener | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Bibliography

Bebb, Bruce. "'Bartleby': An Annotated Checklist of Criticism." In Bartleby the Inscrutable: A Collection of Commentary on Herman Melville's Tale "Bartleby the Scrivener," edited by M. Thomas Inge, pp. 199-238. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1979.

Catalogue of criticism organized chronologically by publication date.

Newman, Lea Bertani Vozar. "Bartleby, the Scrivener." In A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Herman Melville, pp. 19-78. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986.

Overview of critical perspectives accompanied by an extensive list of essays and books about "Bartleby."

Biography

Arvin, Newton. Herman Melville. New York: Sloane, 1950, 316 p.

Study of Melville's life and career, with extensive critical discussions of his oeuvre.

Leyda, Jay. The Melville Log: A Documentary Life of Herman Melville, 1819-1891. 2 vols. 1951. Reprint. New York: Gordian,...

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