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From:Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Vol. 184. )[(essay date winter 1968) In the following essay, Turner compares the mythology of baseball to the pressures of reality in The Natural.] Critical comment on Bernard Malamud's most recent novel, The Fixer, has been...
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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:Reference Guide to American Literature (3rd ed.)Bernard Malamud, one of the most popular contemporary writers of Jewish-American fiction, contributed significantly to the growth in ethnic consciousness in American letters. He raised serious questions about the...
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From:Studies in American Jewish Literature (Vol. 29) Peer-ReviewedImagine my dismay when I opened my e-mail inbox on the morning of August 19, 2009 to find two messages that a leading Swedish newspaper reported that Israeli soldiers are kidnapping and killing Palestinians in order to...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersThe novels and stories of Bernard Malamud deal with downtrodden losers whose lives consist of facing hardship and humiliation, which they may or may not be able to endure. Many of his characters are Jewish, inhabiting...