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From: Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing[(essay date fall 1980) In the following essay, Malin suggests autobiographical elements in Pictures of Fidelman that allow Malamud to explore his role as an artist.] Although many critics have written about Bernard...
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From:CLIO (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBernard Malamud's 1979 novel 'Dubin's Lives' conveys the disparity between a biographer's contemplation of a historical subject and his own personal life. The novel portrays the biographer Dubin, who is struggling to...
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From: Yiddish[(essay date 1997) In the following essay, Furman reviews the apparent disparities between Malamud's early and later fiction.] There are few writers more accommodating to both teacher and student than Bernard Malamud....
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From:Studies in American Jewish Literature (Vol. 38, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe idea that Jews are "ecophobes" is a favorite shtick of American comedy. But does it reflect the truth? This article offers an alternative reading of the Jewish cultural production in twentieth-century American...
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From:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )[(essay date 1985) In the following essay, Helterman provides an overview of Malamud's novels and short stories, noting moral concerns as a central thematic element.] Bernard Malamud grew up in a world not unlike that...
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From:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )[(essay date 1993) In the following essay, Abramson outlines the major themes of Malamud's novel God's Grace, including the moral power of language, the issue of free will, and the father-son relationship.] God's Grace...
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From:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )[(essay date 1987) In the following essay, Mellard employs Jacques Lacan's theories of psychoanalysis to analyze the structure of Malamard's novel Dubin's Lives.] Although working in the sophisticated realm of...
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From: Studies in American Jewish Literature[(essay date fall 1988) In the following essay, Sant explains the significance of Malamud's use of fantasy and the surreal in his protagonist's imprisonment and eventual physical and emotional freedom.] "I thought that...
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From:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )[(essay date 2002) In the following essay, Burstein contends that gender identification is a critical factor in the romantic relationships of Malamud's male protagonists in A New Life,God's Grace,The Natural, and Dubin's...
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From:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )[(essay date 1997) In the following essay, Parrish represents women in Malamud's fiction as being agents of male satisfaction, emancipation, and self-examination.] Bernard Malamud's depiction of women in his fiction...
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From: Studies in American Jewish Literature[(essay date 1983) In the following essay, Briganti contends that women in Malamud's fiction generally exist only to provide the momentum or impetus for the male characters to reach self-knowledge.] It is generally...
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From: Religion and Literature[(essay date spring 1997) In the following essay, Brown explores Malamud's "radical dissent from contemporary despair" in "The First Seven Years."] "Negative capability" is the capacity to register a faithful...
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From: Studies in American Jewish Literature[(essay date 1983) In the following essay, Quart discusses Malamud's technique of keeping his female characters at a distance--both physically and emotionally--from his male characters.] Bernard Malamud's central...