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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791450651

ISBN-139780791450659

eBay Product ID (ePID)1775450

Product Key Features

Number of Pages238 Pages

Publication NameMagic Worlds of Bernard Malamud

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

SubjectSubjects & Themes / Religion, General, American / General, Jewish

TypeTextbook

AuthorEvelyn Avery

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

SeriesSuny Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2001-020148

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"He wrote about suffering Jews, about poor Jews, about grocers and fixers and birds and horses and angels in Harlem and matchmakers and salesmen and rabbis and landlords and tenants and egg chandlers and writers and chimpanzees; he wrote about the plentitude and unity of the world...May the memory of this great and humane Master be blessed and forever green. As it will be, as long as there are readers." -- Cynthia Ozick, from chapter 3, "Remembrances: Bernard Malamud" "The book offers a remarkably vivid and consistent portrait of this significant American writer and marks a valuable contribution to what we know about Malamud." -- Andrew Furman, author of Israel Through the Jewish-American Imagination

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813/.54 B

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction I. The Author 1. Malamud in Corvallis: Memories of Dad - Paul Malamud 2. Recollecting Bernie - Interviews with Colleagues at Oregon State - Paul Malamud 3. Remembrances: Bernard Malamud - Cynthia Ozick 4. Malamud: Seen and Unseen - Daniel Stern 5. On "The Magic Barrel" - Nicholas Delbanco 6. The Rhythms of Friendship in the Life of Art: The Correspondence of Bernard Malamud and Rosemarie Beck - Joel Salzberg II. Individual Works 7. America and the History of the Jews in Bernard Malamud's The Last Mohican - Karen Polster 8. Zen Buddhism and The Assistant - Edward Abramson 9. Malamud's New [Academic] Life - and Ours - Sanford Pinsker 10. The lives of Dubin - Walter Shear 11. Gorilla in the Myth: Malamud's God ' s Grace - D. Mesher 12. Reflections on Transmogrified Yiddish Archetypes in Fiction by Bernard Malamud - S. Lillian Kremer 13. Not True Although Truth: The Holocaust's Legacy in Three Malamud Stories: "The German Refugee," "Man in the Drawer," and "The Lady of the Lake" - Eileen H. Watts 14. Bernard and Juliet: Romance and Desire in Malamud's High Art - Alan Cheuse 15. Bernard Malamud and Cynthia Ozick: Kindred Neshamas - Evelyn Avery 16. Bernard Malamud and His Universal Menschen - Daniel Walden 17. A Kind of Vigilance: Tropic Suspension in Bernard Malamud's Fiction - Victoria Aarons IV. Annotated Select Bibliography - Eileen H. Watts Index

SynopsisOffers personal recollections of and critical perspectives on this major American author. In the best literary tradition, Bernard Malamud uses the particular experiences of his subjects-Eastern European Jews, immigrant Americans, and urban African Americans-to express the universal. This book offers an exploration of this beloved American writer's fiction, which has won two National Book Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. In addition to the literary studies, personal recollections by son Paul Malamud, memoirs and portraits by good friends, colleagues, and fellow writers such as Cynthia Ozick, Daniel Stern, and Nicolas Delbanco illuminate Malamud's life and work. The contributors reveal that in an age that deconstructs, Malamud's voice does not. Instead, it speaks clearly and imaginatively with the weight of ancient traditions and the understanding of modern conditions., In the best literary tradition, Bernard Malamud uses the particular experiences of his subjects--Eastern European Jews, immigrant Americans, and urban African Americans--to express the universal. This book offers an exploration of this beloved American writer's fiction, which has won two National Book Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. In addition to the literary studies, personal recollections by son Paul Malamud, memoirs and portraits by good friends, colleagues, and fellow writers such as Cynthia Ozick, Daniel Stern, and Nicolas Delbanco illuminate Malamud's life and work. The contributors reveal that in an age that deconstructs, Malamud's voice does not. Instead, it speaks clearly and imaginatively with the weight of ancient traditions and the understanding of modern conditions.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.A4Z75 2001