| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) |
| Contents |
Part I Reaching Out -- Introduction: Edward Hopper, or Bartleby on Bartlebys -- Advice Columnist, Recall Specialist, Cyber Capitalist: Bartleby and His Kinsmen -- At Work, at Home, at Life: Bartleby and His Kinswomen -- Part II Farther Along -- Backward, Forward, Abroad: Bartleby and His Contexts -- Post-9/11, Posthuman, Post Office: Between and Beyond Bartlebys -- Epilogue: Every Office Tells a Story, and So Does Every Bartleby -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The Multiverse of Office Fiction liberates Herman Melvilles 1853 classic, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," from a microcosm of Melville studies, namely the so-called Bartleby Industry. This book aims to illuminate office fictionfiction featuring office workers such as clerks, civil servants, and company employeesas an underexplored genre of fiction, by addressing relevant issues such as evolution of office work, integration of work and life, exploitation of women office workers, and representation of the Post Office. In achieving this goal, Bartleby plays an essential role not as one of the most eccentric characters in literary fiction, but rather as one of the most generic characters in office fiction. Overall, this book demonstrates that Bartleby is a generative figure, by incorporating a wide diversity of his cousins as Bartlebys. It offers fresh contexts in which to place these characters so that it can ultimately contribute to an ever-evolving poetics of the office. Masaomi Kobayashi is Associate Professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Japan. He has coedited and coauthored books on literature and English. His articles have been published in a variety of academic journals, both national and international |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2023) |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Bartleby, the scrivener.
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| SUBJECT |
Bartleby, the scrivener (Melville, Herman) fast |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Themes, motives
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Work in literature.
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Clerks in literature.
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Work in literature
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American fiction -- Themes, motives
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Clerks in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031126888 |
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3031126882 |
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