Preferring not to:The Paradox of Passive Resistance in Herman Melville’s “Bartleby”
“I would prefer not to.”“You will not?”“I prefer not.”“Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1853) is a story of passive resistance. And as the narrator is forced to admit, “Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance.” Refusing to kow-tow to the demands of his employer, and working to his...
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2008
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |