Week 13: The "Anti-Hero"/Ironic Hero (Return to the ENGL 2343 Home Page) (Return to the Course Syllabus) . Unit Notes Read the following article: The "Anti-Hero"/Ironic Hero and the Modern Temper Textual Readings "Bartleby, The Scrivner," by Herman Melville "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T. S. Eliot Writing Assignment None. Herman Melville, American Novelist . This page was last modified on September 5, 2003, and is maintained by Dr. Geoffrey Grimes.