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Melville And Women In Specific Relation To "Bartleby, The Scrivener", Kaitlin Eckert

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

Although there are no female characters in Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener," there is a clear sense of femininity that breaks through the barriers Melville has created showing that there is no such thing as a man's world. Within the thesis background on the author is revealed that may lend insight in to reasoning behind the lack of women, as well as specific cases where femininity is present.