Selected Books on Malamud: [The aim of this page is to introduce the content of each selected book on Bernard Malamud. As a first step, I list the table of contents of the Fields' Bernard Malamud and the Critics, the first monumental collection of articles on Malamud. Hopefully, you will get annotations of each book and/or article in the near future. (03/07/2000)]

[1966 Richman] [1970 Field] [1975 Field] [1977 Astro] [1979 Iwamoto]

[1980 Hershinow] [1981 Alter] [1985 Helterman] [1985 Salzberg] [1986 Bloom] [1987 Salzberg]

[1989 Solotaroff] [1990 Ochshorn] [1991 Lasher] [1991 Kosofsky] [1993 Abramson] [1996 Cheuse]

[2001 Avery] [2006 Smith] [2007 Davis]

• Preface
• Chronology, p. 13.

1. The Minority Writer as Majority, pp. 17-27.
   1. The "Jewishness" of Malamud, pp. 19-21.
   2. The Self Alone, pp. 21-23.
   3. Struggle for Roots, pp. 23-24.
   4. Literary Tradition, pp. 24-26.
   5. Malamud's Comic Mode, pp. 26-27.
2. The Natural, pp. 29-49.
   1. Theme and Technique, pp. 29-31.
   2. Roy Hobbes, pp. 31-37.
   3. Iris Lemon, pp. 37-38.
   4. The Hero's Failure, pp. 38-40.
   5. The Pessimism ofThe Natural, pp. 40-44.
   6. Malamud's Achievement, pp. 44-49.
3. The Assistant, pp. 50-77.
   1. The AssistantContrasted toThe Natural, pp. 51-52.
   2. Frank Alpine, pp. 52-58.
   3. Helen Bober, pp. 58-60.
   4. The Role of Love inThe Assistant, pp. 60-64.
   5. Morris Bober's Identity, pp. 64-69.
   6. The Moral Basis of The Assistant, pp. 69-72.
   7. Ambiguous Affirmation, pp. 72-74.
   8. Theme and Technique, pp. 75-77.
4. A New Life, pp. 78-97.
   1. Function of the Setting, pp. 79-80.
   2. S. Levin, pp. 80-85.
   3. Structure and Character, pp. 85-88.
   4. Pauline Gilley, pp. 88-90.
   5. The Quest for Fatherhood, pp. 91-93.
   6. The Weakness of A New Life, pp. 93-97.
5. The Stories, pp. 98-139.
   The Magic Barrel
   1. Literary Tradition, pp. 100-101.
   2. The Stories and the Novels, p. 101.
   3. The Tales of New York Jews, pp. 102-110.
   4. The New York Tales Without Jews, pp. 110-112.
   5. The Italian Stories, pp. 113-115.
   6. "The Last Mohican" and "The Magic Barrel", pp. 115-123.
   Idiots First
   7. The Transformation of the Early Fables, pp. 124-127.
   8. The Later Italian Stories, pp. 127-134.
   9. New Techniques, pp. 134-139.
6. Conclusion, pp. 50-77.
   1. Idiots First compared to The Magic Barrel, pp. 140-141.
   2. Malamud's Literary Progress, pp. 141-145.

• Notes and Reference, pp. 146-149.
• Selected Bibliography, pp. 150-153.
• Index, pp. 157-160.

• Introduction [by Leslie A. Field and Joyce W. Field]
  
  
• Part 1: In the Jewish Tradition?
  1. Earl H. Rovit, "The Jewish Literary Tradition," pp. 3-10.
  2. Samuel Irving Bellman, "Women, Children, and Idiots First: Transformation Psychology," pp. 11-28.
  3. Robert Alter, "Jewishness as Metaphor," pp. 29-42.


• Part 2: Myth, Ritual, Folklore
4. Earl R. Wasserman, "The Natural: World Ceres," pp. 45-66.
5. James M. Mellard, "Four Versions of Pastral," pp. 67-84.
6. Edwin M. Eigner, "The Loathly Ladies," pp. 85-108.
7. Frederick W. Turner, III, "Myth Inside and Out: The Natural," pp. 109-119.


• Part 3: Varried Approaches
  8. Ben Siegel, "Victims in Motion: The Sad and Bitter Clowns," pp. 123-36.
  9. Sam Bluefarb, "The Scope of Caricature," pp. 137-50.
  10. Mark Goldman, "Comic Vision and the Theme of Identity," pp. 151-70.
  11. Charles Alva Hoyt, "The New Romanticism," pp. 171-84.
  12. Max F. Schultz, "Mythic Proletarians," pp. 185-95.


• Part 4: Specific Novels and Stories

  The Assistant

  13. Ihab Hassan, "The Qualified Encounter," pp. 199-206.
  14. Walter Shear, "Culture Conflict," pp. 207-218.
  15. Peter L. Hays, "The Compex Pattern of Redemption," pp. 219-233.
  
  A New Life
  16. Theodore Solotaroff, "The Old Life and the New," pp. 235-248.
  17. Marcus Klein, "The Sadness of Goodness," pp. 249-260.
  18. Ruth B. Mandel, "Ironic Affirmation," pp. 261-274.

  The Fixer

  19. Maurice Friedberg, "History and Imagination--Two Views of the Beiliss Case," pp. 275-284.
  20. Alan Warren Friedman, "The Hero as Schnook," pp. 285-303.

  The Magic Barrel

  21. Sidney Richman, "The Stories," pp. 305-331.


• Selected Bibliography, pp. 333-338.
• Notes on Contributors, pp. 339-341.
• Notes on the Editors, p. 343.
• Index, pp. 345-353.

• Introduction [by Leslie Field and Joyce Field]: Malamud, Mercy, and Menschlechkeit, pp. 1-7.
• Leslie and Joyce Field, "An Interview with Bernard Malamud," pp. 8-17.
• Sheldon Norman Grebstein, "Bernard Malamud and the Jewish Movement," pp. 18-44.
• Sanford Pinsker, "Bernard Malamud's Ironic Heroes," pp. 45-71.
• Sam Bluefarb, "The Syncretism of Bernard Malamud," pp. 72-79.
• Cynthia Ozick, "Literary Blacks and Jews," pp. 80-98.
• Renee Winegarten, "Malamud's Head (Rembrandt's Hat)," pp. 99-103.
• John Alexander Allen, "The Promised End: Bernard Malamud's The Tenants," pp. 109-119.
• Leslie Field, "Portrait of the Artist as Schlemiel (Pictures of Fidelman)," pp. 117-129.
• Gerald Hoag, "Malamud's Trial: The Fixer and the Critics," pp. 130-142.
• Richard Astro, "In the Heart of the Valley: Bernard Malamud's A New Life," pp. 143-155.
• William Freedman, "From Bernard Malamud, with Discipline and with Love (The Assistant and The Natural," pp. 156-165.



• Chronology of Important Dates, pp. 166-167.
• Notes on the Editors and Contributors, pp. 168-169.
• Works of Bernard Malamud, pp. 170-171.
• Selected Bibliography, pp. 172-179.

• Preface, pp. 5-7.
• Contents, p. 9.
• Contributors, pp. 11-12.



• Jackson J. Benson, "An Introduction: Bernard Malamud and the Haunting of America," pp. 13-42.
• Ihab Hassan, "Bernard Malamud: 1976. Fictions Within Our Fictions," pp. 43-64.
• W. J. Handy, "The Malamud Hero: A Quest for Existence," pp. 65-86.
• Peter L. Hays, "Malamud's Yiddish-Accented Medieval Stories," pp. 87-96.
• Leslie Field, "Bernard Malamud and the Marginal Jew," pp. 97-116.
• Ben Siegel, "Through A Glass Darkly: Bernard Malamud's Painful Views of the Self," pp. 117-147.
• Leslie Fiedler, "The Many Names of S. Levin: An Essay in Genre Criticism," pp. 149-161.
• Donal Risty, "A Checklist of Malamud Criticism," pp. 163-190.

         [Click on Malamud: Geijutsu to seikatsu o motomete if you and your PC can read Japanese.]

• Chronology, pp. vii-viii.

1. The Writer as Moral Activist, pp. 1-15.
2. The Hero in the Modern World: The Natural, pp. 16-28.
3. The Prodigal Son Returns: The Assistant, pp. 29-47.
4. The Schlemiel Out West: A New Life, pp. 48-62.
5. Alienation and Aggression: The Fixer, pp. 63-75.
6. The Artist as Schlemiel: Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition, pp. 76-88.
7. Mankind's Divided Self: The Tenants, pp. 89-100.
8. A New Life Revisited: Dubin's Lives, pp. 101-118.
9. The Haunting of America: Malamud's Short Stories, pp. 119-134.
10. Malamud's Moral and Artistic Vision, pp. 135-146.

• Notes, pp. 147-150.
• Bibliography, pp. 151-156.
• Index, pp. 157-165.

• Acknowledgements.

1. The Good Man's Dilemma: The Natural, The Assistant, and American Materialism, pp. 1-26.
2. The Good Man's Dilemma: A New Life and the Failure of the West as Eden, pp. 27-61.
3. The Broader Canvas: Malamud, the Blacks, and the Jews, pp. 62-82.
4. The Broader Canvas: Malamud and the Woman Question, pp. 83-113.
5. The Broader Canvas: Malamud, Art, and the Artist, pp. 114-153.
6. The Good Man's Dilemma: The Fixer, The Tenants, and the Historical Perspective, pp. 154-173.

• Epilogue: Some Notes on Dubin's Lives: Biography and the Art of Possibilities, pp. 174-182.
• Notes, pp. 183-198.
• Bibliography, pp. 199-208.
• Index, pp. 209-214.

• Editor's Preface, p. vii.

1. Understanding Bernard Malamud, pp. 1-22.
2. The Natural, pp. 23-36.
3. The Assistant, pp. 37-51.
4. A New Life, pp. 52-65.
5. The Fixer, pp. 66-79.
6. Pictures of Fidelman and The Tenants, pp. 80-91.
7. Dubin's Lives, pp. 92-106.
8. God's Grace, pp. 107-123.
9. Short Stories, pp. 124-139.

• Bibliography, pp. 140-148.
• Index, pp. 149-153.

• The Author, p. vi.
• Preface, pp. vii-viii.
• Introduction, pp. ix-xx.
• Writings by Bernard Malamud, pp. xxi-xxii.
• Writings about Bernard Malamud, 1952-1983, pp. 1-188.
• Index, pp. 189-211.

• Editor's Note, pp. ix-x.



• Introduction [by Harold Bloom], pp. 1-4.
• Ihab Hassan, "The Qualified Encounter," pp. 5-10.
• John Hollander, "To Find the Westward Path," pp. 11-14.
• Alfred Kazin, "The Magic and the Dead," pp. 15-20.
• Jonathan Baumbach, "The Economy of Love," pp. 21-36.
• Herbert Leibowitz, "Malamud and the Anthropomorphic Business," pp. 37-40.
• F. W. Dupee, "The Uses and Abuses of Commitment," pp. 41-46.
• Earl R. Wasserman, "The Natural: Malamud's World Ceres," pp. 47-64.
• V. S. Pritchett, "A Pariah," pp. 65-70.
• Sidney Richman, "The Stories," pp. 71-100.
• James M. Mellard, "Four Versions of Pastoral," pp. 101-112.
• Alan Warren Friedman, "The Hero as Schnook," pp. 113-128.
• Tony Tanner, "A New Life," pp. 129-150.
• Allen Guttmann, "'All Men Are Jews'," pp. 151-158.
• Ruth R. Wisse, "Requiem for the Schlemiel," pp. 159-166.
• Robert Ducharme, "The Artist in Hell," pp. 167-178.
• Mark Shechner, "The Return of the Repressed," pp. 179-186.
• Robert Alter, "A Theological Fantasy," pp. 187-192.
• Alvin B. Kernan, "The Tenants: 'Battering the Object'," pp. 193-206.
• Sam B. Girgus, "In Search of the Real America," pp. 207-215.



• Chronology, pp. 217-218.
• Contributors, pp. 219-220.
• Bibliography, pp. 221-223.
• Acknowledgments, pp. 225-226.
• Index, pp. 227-231.

• Introduction [by Joel Salzberg], pp. 1-22.
• Reviews, pp. 23-74.
  • Harvey Swados, "Baseball a la Wagner: The Nibelung in the Polo Grounds [Review of The Natural]," pp. 23-25.
  • Alfred Kazin, "Fantasist of the Ordinary [Review of The Assistant]," pp. 25-29.
  • Arthur Foff, "Strangers amid Ruins [Review of The Magic Barrel]," pp. 29-33.
  • Eugene Goodheart, "Fantasy and Reality [Review of A New Life]," pp. 33-37.
  • F. W. Dupee, "The Power of Positive Sex [Review of Idiots First]," pp. 37-41.
  • George P. Elliot, "Yakov's Ordeal [Review of The Fixer]," pp. 41-46.
  • Robert Scholes, "Portrait of Artist as 'Escape-Goat' [Review of Pictures of Fidelman]," pp. 47-51.
  • Morris Dickstein, [Review of The Tenants], pp. 51-57.
  • Leonard Michaels, "Sliding into English [Review of Rembrandt's Hat]," pp. 57-61.
  • Leon Edel, [The Biographer in Dubin's Lives]," pp. 61-64.
  • Robert Alter, "A Theological Fantasy [Review of God's Grace]," pp. 64-68.
  • Mark Shechner, "Sad Music [Review of The Stories of Bernard Malamud]," pp. 68-74.
• Essays, pp. 75-221.
  • Iska Alter, "The Good Man's Dilemma: The Natural, The Assistant, and American Materialism," pp. 75-98.
  • Philip Roth, [From "Imagining Jews"], pp. 98-108.
  • J. Gerald Kennedy, "Parody as Exorcism: 'The Raven' and 'The Jewbird'," pp. 108-115.
  • Lawrence L. Langer, "Malamud's Jews and the Holocaust Experience," pp. 115-125.
  • Lucio P. Ruotolo, "Yakov Bok," pp. 125-139.
  • Christof Wegelin, "The American Schlemiel Abroad: Malamud's Italian Stories and the End of American Innocence," pp. 139-151.
  • Guio Fink, "'Ecco la chiavel!': Malamud's Italy as the Land of Copies," pp. 151-165.
  • Steven G. Kellman, "The Tenants in the House of Fiction," pp. 165-173.
  • Chiara Briganti, "Mirrors, Windows and Peeping Toms: Women as the Object of Voyeuristic Scrutiny in Bernard Malamud's A New Life and Dubin's Lives," pp. 174-186.
  • James M. Mellard, "The 'Perverse Economy' of Malamud's Art: A Lacanian Reading of Dubin's Lives," pp. 186-203.
  • Sidney Richman, "Malamud's Quarrel with God," pp. 203-221.
• Index, pp. 223-229.

• Preface, pp. xiii-xv.
• Acknowledgments, pp. xvi-xvii.
  
  
• Part 1. The Short Fiction: An Essay, pp. 1-140.
  • Beginnings, pp. 3-25.
  • The Magic Barrel, pp. 26-66.
  • Idiots First, pp. 67-89.
  • Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition, pp. 90-113.
  • Later Stories, pp. 114-133.
  • [Notes], pp. 133-140.


• Part 2. The Writer, pp. 141-162
• Malamud on Life and Art, pp. 143-161.
• [Notes], pp. 161-162.


• Part 3. The Critics, pp. 163-185.
  • Introduction, p. 165.
  • Theodore Solotaroff, "Bernard Malamud's Fiction: The Old Life and the New," pp. 166-169.
  • Charles E. May, "The Bread of Tears: Malamud's 'The Loan'," pp. 170-172.
  • Charles Angoff, "How 'Jewish' Are Jewish Writers in America?" pp. 172-173.
  • Mark Shechner, "Jewish Writers," pp. 173-176.
  • Beth Burch and Paul W. Burch, "Myth on Myth: Bernard Malamud's 'The Talking Horse'," pp. 176-180.
  • Philip Roth, "Pictures of Malamud," pp. 180-182.
  • Cynthia Ozick, "Remembrances: Bernard Malamud," pp. 183-185.


• Chronology, pp. 187-188.
• Bibliography, pp. 189-193.
• Index, pp. 194-198.
• The Author, p. 199.
• The Editor, p. 200.

• Acknowledgements, p. vii.



• Introduction, pp. 1-9.
• The Natural and Roy Hobbs: An Early Pattern for the Malamud Hero, pp. 11-26.
• The Assistant: The Malamud Hero as Disciple, pp. 27-49.
• The Magic Barrel: Of Human Compassion, pp. 51-78.
• The Unexpected Route to A New Life, pp. 79-111.
• Idiots First: Shared Suffering on a Sinking Ship, pp. 113-140.
• The Fixer: Great Hopes Pinned on One Small Man, pp. 141-170.
• Pictures of Fidelman: The Hero as Would-Be Artist, pp. 171-195.
• The Tenants or The Color of Art, pp. 197-218.
• A Crown for Malamud in Rembrandt's Hat, pp. 219-248.
• Dubin's Lives: The Malamud Hero Come of Middle Age, pp. 249-280.
• Cohn's Fall From God's Grace, pp. 281-301.
• Conclusion, pp. 303-321.



• Literature Cited, pp. 323-334.

• Introduction, pp. ix-xx.
• Chronology, pp. xxi-xxiii.



• Joseph Wershba, "Not Horror but Sadness," pp. 3-7.
  [The New York Post, 14 September, 1958.]
• Jack Rosenthal, "Author Finds Room to Breathe in Corvallis," pp. 8-10.
  [The Oregonian (Portland), 12 April, 1959.]
• Granville Hicks, "His Hope on the Human Heart," pp. 11-15.
  [Saturday Review, 12 October, 1963.]
• Phyllis Meras, "An Interview with Its Author [The Fixer]," pp. 16-18.
  [The Providence Sunday Journal, 11 September, 1966.]
• Haskel Frankel, "Bernard Malamud," pp. 19-21.
  [Saturday Review, 9 October, 1966.]
• Harold Hughes, "The Man Behind The Fixer," pp. 22-26.
  [The Oregonian, 9 October, 1966.]
• Ruth Ingliss, "The Book-Makers," pp. 27-28.
  [Nova, 17 August, 1967.]
• Shlomo Kidron, "Malamud Explains Jewish Contribution to U.S. Writing," pp. 29-31.
  [The Jerusalem Post Week-End Magazine, 1 April, 1968.]
• Israel Shenker, "For Malamud It's Story," pp. 32-34.
  [The New York Times Book Review, 3 October, 1971.]
• Leslie and Joyce Field, "An Interview with Bernard Malamud," pp. 35-46.
  [Bernard Malamud: A Collection of Critical Essays, 1975.]
• Curt Leviant, "My Characters Are God-Haunted," pp. 47-53.
  [Hadassah Magazine, 55 (June, 1974).]
• Daniel Stern, "The Art of Fiction: Bernard Malamud," pp. 54-68.
  [Paris Review, 1975.]
• E. H. Leelavathi Masilamoni, "Bernard Malamud - An Interview," pp. 69-73.
  [The Indian Journal of American Studies, 9 (1979).]
• Mary Long, "Interview: Bernard Malamud," pp. 74-75.
  [Mademoiselle, 82 (August, 1976).]
• John Marshall, "Author of A New Life Likes Coming Back," pp. 76-79.
  [The Gazette Times, Corvallis, Oregon, 5 May 1977).]
• Ralph Tyler, "A Talk with the Novelist," pp. 80-85.
  [The New York Times Book Review, 18 February 1979.]
• [U.S. News and World Report], "Novelist Malamud: Living Is Guessing What Reality Is," pp. 86-87.
  [U.S. News and World Report, 8 October 1979.]
• Valerie Restivo, "Vermont: An Inspiration for Malamud," pp. 88-91.
  [Vermont Daily Herald, 5 May 1980.]
• Michiko Kakutani, "Malamud Still Seeks Balance and Solitude," pp. 92-95.
  [The New York Times, 15 July 1980.]
• Katha Pollit, "Creators on Creating: Bernard Malamud," pp. 96-101.
  [Saturday Review, February 1981.]
• Ji-moon Koh, "A Talk with Bernard Malamud," pp. 102-110.
  [Major Themes in Contemporary American Novel, (Seoul, Korea, 1984). A 1982 interview while Malamud was in Pao Alto, California.]
• Curt Suplee, "God, Bernard Malamud, and the Ribirth of Man," pp. 111-118.
  [The Washington Post, 27 August 1982. Significant comments on God's Grace.]
• Leah Garchik, "Malamud's Sense of Despair," pp. 119-122.
  [San Francisco Chronicle Review, 5 September 1982.]
• Karen Heller, "Malamud's Long View of Short Stories," pp. 123-126.
  [USA Today, 19 August 1983.]
• Joel Salzberg, "An Interview with Bernard Malamud," pp. 127-129.
  [Previously unpublished interview took place in NYC on June 21, 1983.]
• Helen Benedict, "Bernard Malamud: Morals and Surprises," pp. 130-138.
  [Antioch Review, 41, no. 1 (Winter 1983).]
• Joel Salzberg, "Malamud's Last Interview? A Memoir," pp. 139-144.
  [Studies in American Jewish Literature, 7, no. 2 (Fall 1988). The interview took place on January 27, 1986.]
• Evelyn Avery, "Remembrances of Malamud: 1972-1986," pp. 145-151.
  [Written for this book.]



• Index, pp. 153-156.

• Preface, pp. vii-ix.
• Introduction, pp. xi-xxv.
• Chronology, pp. xxvii-xxx
• The Works of Bernard Malamud, pp. 1-8
  • Books, pp. 1-3.
  • Stories in Periodicals, pp. 3-7.
  • Other Writings, pp. 7-8.
  • Juvenilia, p. 8.
  • Bernard Malamud's Papers, p. 8.
• Translations of Malamud's Works, pp. 9-23.
  [Translations of The Natural are curiously missing.]
  • The Assistant, pp. 9-11.
  • The Magic Barrel, pp. 11-12.
  • A New Life, pp. 12-14.
  • Idiots First, pp. 14-15.
  • The Fixer, pp. 15-17.
  • Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition, pp. 17-18.
  • The Tenants, pp. 18-19.
  • Rembrandt's Hat, pp. 19-20.
  • Dubin's Lives, pp. 20-21.
  • God's Grace, pp. 21-22.
  • The Stories of Bernard Malamud, p. 22.
  • The People and Uncollected Stories, p. 22.
  • [Note], p. 23.
• Critical Essays about Malamud's Works, pp. 25-138.
• Reviews of Malamud's Works, pp. 139-236.
  • The Natural, pp. 139-142.
  • The Assistant, pp. 142-146.
  • The Magic Barrel, pp. 147-152.
  • A New Life, pp. 153-159.
  • Idiots First, pp. 159-164.
  • The Fixer, pp. 165-178.
  • A Malamud Reader, pp. 178-180.
  • Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition, pp. 180-186.
  • The Tenants, pp. 186-195.
  • Rembrandt's Hat, pp. 195-200.
  • Dubin's Lives, pp. 201-212.
  • God's Grace, pp. 212-222.
  • The Stories of Bernard Malamud, pp. 222-228.
  • The People and Uncollected Stories, pp. 228-236.
• Ph.D. Dissertations about Malamud's Works, pp. 237-250.
• Index, pp. 251-263.
• [About the Author, p. 265.]

• Preface, p. ix.
• Chronology, pp. xi-xii.

1. Growing Up in Brooklyn, pp. 1-8.
2. The Natural, pp. 9-24.
3. The Assistant, pp. 25-42.
4. A New Life, pp. 43-57.
5. The Fixer, pp. 58-75.
6. Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition, pp. 76-89.
7. The Tenants, pp. 90-100.
8. Dubin's Lives, pp. 101-113.
9. God's Grace, pp. 114-127.
10. The Short Stories, pp. 128-138.
11. A Postscript on The People, pp. 139-140.
12. Art Tending toward Morality, pp. 141-145.

• Notes and References, pp. 147-154.
• Selected Bibliography, pp. 155-157.
• Index, pp. 159-162.
• The Author, p. 163.

• Acknowledgments, p. xi.
• Introduction, pp. xiii-xxiv.



• Part One: The Man and His Work, pp. 1-35.
  1. Introduction to The Stories of Bernard Malamud, 1983, pp. 5-9.
  2. The Writer at Work, pp. 10-24.
  3. Long Work, Short Life, pp. 25-35.


• Part Two: The Man on His Work, pp. 37-89
4. The Natural: Raison d'Etre and Meaning, pp. 41-46.
5. Why Fantasy?, pp. 47-61.
6. The Magic Barrel, pp. 62-85.
7. A Note to My Norwegian Readers on The Assistant, pp. 86-87.
8. Source of The Fixer, pp. 88-89.


• Part Three: The Writer and His Craft, pp. 91-157.
  9. Beginning the Novel, pp. 95-106.
  10. Finding One's Voice, pp. 107-110.
  11. On Subject Matter, pp. 111-116.
  12. The Short Story, pp. 117-118.
  13. Questions and Answers in Knoxville, Tennessee, pp. 119-129.
  14. Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism, pp. 130-135.
  15. Jewishness in American Fiction, pp. 136-146.
  16. Notes on The People, pp. 147-157.


• Part Four: The Writer in the Modern World, pp. 159-220.
  17. A World Association of Writers, pp. 164-165.
  18. Freedom of Expression, pp. 166-171.
  19. Bennington College Commencement Address, pp. 172-178.
  20. Bennington Writing Workshops, pp. 179-180.
  21. Jewish Herritage Award Presentation Address, pp. 181-183.
  22. Imaginative Writing and the Jewish Experience, pp. 184-190.
  23. The Contemporary Novel, pp. 191-199.
  24. The Writer in the Modern World, pp. 200-214.
  25. An Idea That Animates My Writing, pp. 215-216.
  26. A Mighty Theme, pp. 217-220.

• Preface, pp. ix-x.
  
• Introduction, pp. xi-xvii.
  
  
• I. The Author
  1. Malamud in Corvallis: Memories of Dad, pp. 3-11.
        Paul Malamud
  2. Recollecting Bernie, pp. 13-23.
        Colleagues at Oregon State, Interviewed by Paul Malamud
  3. Remembrances: Bernard Malamud, pp. 25-27.
        Cynthia Ozick
  4. Malamud: Seen and Unseen, pp. 29-33.
        Daniel Stern
  5. On The Magic Barrel, pp. 35-42.
        Nicholas Delbanco
  6. The Rhythms of Friendship in the Life of Art: The Correspondence of Bernard Malamud and Rosemarie Beck, pp. 43-56.
        Joel Salzberg


• II. Individual Works
7. America and the History of the Jews in Bernard Malamud's "The Last Mohican," pp. 59-68.
      Karen L. Polster
8. Zen Buddhism and The Assistant: A Grocery as a Training Monastery, pp. 69-86.
      Edward A. Abramson
9. Malamud's New [Academic] Life--and Ours, pp. 87-100.
      Sanford Pinsker
10. The Lives of Dubin, pp. 101-110.
       Walter Shear
11. Gorilla in the Myth: Malamud's God's Grace, pp. 111-119.
       D. Mesher


• III. Thematic Threads: Patterns in Malamud's Fiction
  12. Reflections on Transmogrified Yiddish Archetypes in Fiction by Bernard Malamud, pp. 123-138.
         S. Lillian Kremer
  13. Not True Although Truth: The Holocaust's Legacy in Three Malamuds Stories: "The German Refugee," "Man in the Drawer," and "The Lady of the Lake," pp. 139-152.
         Eileen H. Watts
  14. Bernard and Juliet: Romances and Desire in Malamud's High Art, pp. 153-160.
         Alan Cheuse
  15. Bernard Malamud and Cynthia Ozick: Kindred Neshamas, pp. 161-166.
         Evelyn Avery
  16. Bernard Malamud and His Universal Menschen, pp. 167-173.
         Daniel Walden
  17. A Kind of Vigilacnce: Tropic Suspension in Bernard Malamud's Fiction, pp. 175-186.
         Victoria Aarons


• IV. Annotated Select Bibliography
  • Annotated Select Bibliography, pp. 189-208.
       Eileen H. Watts

• Contributors List, pp. 209-211.
• Index, pp. 213-219.

• Preface, pp. ix-xi.

1. Early Stories, pp. 1-26.
2. The Early Journals, pp. 27-64.
3. Courtship, pp. 65-81.
4. The Year I Was Born, pp. 82-123.
5. Corvallis, pp. 124-159.
6. Bennington and Its College, pp. 160-191.
7. Bennington Girl, pp. 192-225.
8. Thanksgiving, pp. 226-243.
9. Heart, pp. 244-261.

• A Chronology of Bernard Malamud's Life, pp. 263-265.
• Appendix: Other Voices, pp. 266-282.
• Notes, pp. 283-290.
• Acknowledgements, pp. 291-292.

• Preface, pp. vi-xii.
• List of Abbreveations, p. xiv.
• List of Illustrations, pp. xv-xvii.
• Chronology, pp. xviii-xxii.



• THE FIRST LIFE, pp. 3-67.
  1. The Inheritance, pp. 3-29.
  2. The Long Adolescence, pp. 30-67.


• THE SECOND LIFE, pp. 69-181
3. Oregon, pp. 71-112.
4. The Assistant, pp. 113-140.
5. 'Because I Can', pp. 141-181.


• THE THIRD LIFE, pp. 183-314.
  6. The Beginning of the Middle Years, pp. 185-229.
  7. 'We need some sort of poverty in our lives', pp. 230-263.
  8. From The Fixer towards Dubin, pp. 264-290.
  9. Dubin's Lives, pp. 291-314.


• IN HIS LAST LIFE, pp. 315-351.
  10. As you are grooved so you are graved', pp. 317-351.


• Notes, pp. 352-368.
• Index, pp. 369-377.