Blog #2. Annotated Bibliography

Gardner. Lawn. Ridl. Shackel. Literature: A Portable Anthology. Second Edition, 2009. Bedford ST.  Martin’s. Print.

            This is the book from where I read the story that I am going to write my research paper Upon “Bartleby the Scrivener,” Written by Herman Melville in 1853.

 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorder, Fourth Edition. DSM-IV. Publishes by The American Psychiatry Association. Washington D.C. Print.

            This is the Manual that enlists all possible Mental illnesses there are discovered so far. With this Manual what I plan to do is to come up with a series of possible diagnoses for both “Bartleby” from the story “Bartleby the Scrivener” and its creator Herman Melville.

The H.W. Wilson Company. American Authors 1600-1900. Stanley Kunitz, 1938. The H.W. Wilson Company. Print.

            This is the Author’s Biography. This source will be extremely useful for me to analyze Herman Melville’s early years and events that might have make an impact and his life to see if they correlate in any form with “Bartleby” and  his character’s personality.

Elliott, Mark. "An overview of 'Bartleby the Scrivener." Short Stories for Students. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 5 Oct. 2010.

            This essay written by a History PhD Student from the University of New York, Mark Elliot gives out a point of view that many other people have about how “Bartleby” is just a reflection of Melville’s personality. This article I believe will be of great importance because after diagnosing both “Bartleby” and Melville, I will be able to either refute his point of view or agree to it.

Doloff, Steven. "The Prudent Samaritan: Melville's 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' as Parody of Christ's Parable to the Lawyer." Studies in Short Fiction 34.3 (1997): 357. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 5 Oct. 2010.

            In this essay, Professor Steven Dolofe from the Prett Institute of New York City attributes Melville’s motives for giving such personality to “Bartleby” to theological matters. Once again this could be either a refutable article or a support to my point of view after analyzing my two “patients.”

Dilworth, Thomas. "Narrator of 'Bartleby': The Christian-Humanist Acquaintance of John Jacob Astor." Papers on Language and Literature: A Journal for Scholars and Critics of Language and Literature 38.1 (Winter 2002): 49-75. Rpt. in Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Vol. 193. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 5 Oct. 2010.

            Thomas Dilworth in this essay, has a very interesting point of view of which I particularly never heard of. Dilworth states that the character who gives the real meaning to the story of Bartleby is the anonymous narrator. Even though he also uses a theological approach to this, it is interesting to see how he turns the attention to the narrator, practically being him the one who knows Bartleby best, since Bartleby himself would not speak much. This article can either be for me to refute or for the support of my own point of view.

Mitchell, Thomas R. "Dead Letters and Dead Men: Narrative Purpose in 'Bartleby, the Scrivener.'." Studies in Short Fiction 27.3 (Summer 1990): 329-338. Rpt. in Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Vol. 193. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 5 Oct. 2010

            In this essay, Thomas R. Mitchell point to convey is that Bartleby is just being interpreted in such diverse number of ways, that it is the main reason why this story is so attractive even after a century and a half that it was written. This article can either be for me to refute or for the support of my own point of view.

Reed, Naomi C. "The Specter of Wall Street: 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' and the Language of Commodities." American Literature 76.2 (June 2004): 247-273. Rpt. in Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Vol. 193. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 5 Oct. 2010.

                In this essay, Naomi C. Reed applies Leo Marx point of view of how Bertleby symbolically represents Melville, but also gives a twist to it by saying that Bartleby “ghost-like” appearance is a premonition of modern cultures. This article can either be for me to refute or for the support of my own point of view.

I hope there is no problem if this Bibliography is subject to change. I would really like to add along the way some more information regarding socio-cultural issues during the 1800's and literature history during the same time preiod.