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What do you find interesting in “Bartleby” and in this particular
excerpt? How do you read a document like “Bartleby”? What advice would you give to someone reading this kind of document for
the first time? How would you move beyond this story, place it in a larger context? What tips do you have for teaching literature? | ||
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Hans
Bergmann is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Quinnipiac University.
He was for many years Professor of English at George Mason University,
serving there as Chair of the Department of English, Dean for Academic
Programs, and Director of the New Media Group in English. He is a scholar
and teacher of nineteenth-century American literature and culture, author
of articles on Herman Melville and on New York. His book, God in the
Street: New York Writing from the Penny Press to Melville, is one
product of that work. He is now working on Henry Thoreau and lichens.
