![]() ![]() Bartleby is an office worker who differs from other employees by his “powerful defiance” and the ability to negate “all the conventional, social, political and theological norms” (Kelly). The story questions such issues as autonomy, respect, and privacy in the workplace (Lantos 4). “Bartleby the Scrivener” is one of the most ambiguous works created by Melville. His fame as one of the best classic Renaissance authors came late after his death. ![]() Despite a unique writing style and exclusive imagination, Melville died at home, staying a poorly recognizable author. When he returned home, he shared his personal experience in short stories, novels like Moby-Dick, and poems. He spent several years at sea, being captured by cannibals and jailed. He was born in New York in 1819, and he got scarlet fever when he was young due to which his vision was permanently impaired (“Herman Melville Biography”). Herman Melville was an American writer and poet during the Renaissance period. ![]()
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