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• Style and Humanity in Malamud's Fiction

  Author:Marc L. RatnerFrom:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )

  20077,560 words Critical essay [(essay date summer 1964) In the following essay, Ratner explores the theme of suffering as a means to regeneration and enlightenment in Malamud's fiction, including The Assistant,The Magic Barrel,The Natural, and A New...

• The Female Characters in Bernard Malamud's Stories

  From: Studies in American Jewish Literature

  19994,906 words Critical essay [(essay date 1999) In the following essay, Lyons offers a feminist reading of several of Malamud's short stories.] Malamud, like so many American Fiction writers, was a great short story writer and a good novelist....

• Idiots First

  Author:Robert SolotaroffFrom:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )

  200710,834 words Critical essay [(essay date 1989) In the following essay, Solotaroff investigates the characters, themes, and motifs central to Malamud's "folk ghetto" stories, including "Idiots First," "The Cost of Living," and "The Death of Me."]...