Bellow

Author : Mark Connelly
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476624853

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Saul Bellow by Mark Connelly Pdf

A three-time National Book Award for Fiction winner, Saul Bellow (1915–2005) is one of the most highly regarded American authors to emerge since World War II. His 60–year career produced 14 novels and novellas, two volumes of nonfiction, short story collections, plays and a book of collected letters. His 1953 breakthrough novel The Adventures of Augie March was followed by Seize the Day (1956), Herzog (1964) and Mr. Sammler’s Planet (1970). His Humboldt’s Gift won a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 and contributed to his receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature that year. This literary companion provides more than 200 entries about his works, literary characters, events and persons in his life. Also included are an introduction and overview of Bellow’s life, statements made by him during interviews, suggestions for writing and further study and an extensive bibliography.

Author : Gerald Sorin
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253069467

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Saul Bellow by Gerald Sorin Pdf

Saul Bellow: "I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer" offers a fresh and original perspective on the life and works of Saul Bellow, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1976. Author Gerald Sorin emphasizes Bellow's Jewish identity as fundamental to his being and the content and meaning of his fiction. Bellow's work from the 1940s to 2000, when he wrote his last novel at the age of 84, centers on the command in Deuteronomy to "Choose life" as distinct from nihilistic withdrawal and the defense of meaninglessness. Although Bellow disdained the label of "American Jewish Writer," Sorin conjectures that he was an outstanding representative of the classification. Bellow and the characters in his fiction not only choose life but also explore what it means to live a good life, however difficult that may be to define, and regardless of how much harder it is to achieve. For Sorin, Bellow realized that at least two obstacles stood in the way: the imperfection of the world and the frailty of the human pursuer. Saul Bellow: "I Was a Jew and an American and a Writer" provides a new and insightful narrative of the life and works of Saul Bellow. By using Bellow's deeply internalized Jewishness and his remarkable imagination and creativity as a lens, Sorin examines how he captured the shifting atmosphere of postwar American culture.

Author : Victoria Aarons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107108936

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The Cambridge Companion to Saul Bellow by Victoria Aarons Pdf

This book demonstrates the complexity of Bellow's work by emphasizing the ways in which it reflects the changing conditions of American identity.

Author : Michael K. Glenday
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1990-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781349107742

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Saul Bellow and the Decline in Humanism by Michael K. Glenday Pdf

This is a study revealing Saul Bellow's views on the decline of humanism. With chapters on each of Bellow's novels from "Dangling" to "More Die of Heartbreak", the author argues that Bellow's vision of modern American culture denies the possibility of humanist enlightenment for his heroes.

Author : Ellen Pifer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0812213696

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Saul Bellow Against the Grain by Ellen Pifer Pdf

Pifer contends that Bellow's fiction is fundamentally radical. Going against the grain of contemporary culture and its secular pieties, he undermines accepted notions of reality and challenges the "orthodoxies" created by materialist values and rationalist thought. Charged by his belief in the soul, his 10 novels test the assumptions of traditional realism. Pifer stresses the importance to Bellow of the invisible world, the longing for revelation, and the capacity to love and to suffer. She also shows how Bellow's hero is a man torn between his modern predilection for secular rationalism and a primordial attachment to the soul, and how he is led to demolish reigning idols of contemporary thought and culture. ISBN 0-8122-8203-5: $29.95.

Author : Zachary Leader
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101875179

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The Life of Saul Bellow by Zachary Leader Pdf

When this second volume of The Life of Saul Bellow opens, Bellow, at forty-nine, is at the pinnacle of American letters - rich, famous, critically acclaimed. The expected trajectory is one of decline: volume 1, rise; volume 2, fall. Bellow never fell, producing some of his greatest fiction (Mr Sammler's Planet, Humboldt's Gift, all his best stories), winning two more National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize. At eighty, he wrote his last story; at eighty-five, he wrote Ravelstein. In this volume, his life away from the desk, including his love life, is if anything more dramatic than in volume 1. In the public sphere, he is embroiled in controversy over foreign affairs, race, religion, education, social policy, the state of culture, the fate of the novel. Bellow's relations with women were often fraught. In the 1960s he was compulsively promiscuous (even as he inveighed against sexual liberation). The women he pursued, the ones he married and those with whom he had affairs, were intelligent, attractive and strong-willed. At eighty-five he fathered his fourth child, a daughter, with his fifth wife. His three sons, whom he loved, could be as volatile as he was, and their relations with their father were often troubled. Although an early and engaged supporter of civil rights, in the second half of his life Bellow was angered by the excesses of Black Power. An opponent of cultural relativism, he exercised great influence in literary and intellectual circles, advising a host of institutes and foundations, helping those he approved of, hindering those of whom he disapproved. In making his case, he could be cutting and rude; he could also be charming, loyal, and funny. Bellow's heroic energy and will are clear to the very end of his life. His immense achievement and its cost, to himself and others, are also clear.

Author : Gloria L. Cronin,Lee Trepanier
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813141879

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A Political Companion to Saul Bellow by Gloria L. Cronin,Lee Trepanier Pdf

Saul Bellow is one of the twentieth century's most influential, respected, and honored writers. His novels The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet won the National Book Award, and Humboldt's Gift was awarded the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In addition, his plays garnered popular and critical acclaim, and some were produced on Broadway. Known for his insights into life in a post-Holocaust world, Bellow's explorations of modernity, Jewish identity, and the relationship between art and society have resonated with his readers, but because his writing is not overtly political, his politics have largely been ignored. A Political Companion to Saul Bellow examines the author's novels, essays, short stories, and letters in order to illuminate his evolution from liberal to neoconservative. It investigates Bellow's exploration of the United States as a democratic system, the religious and ideological influences on his work, and his views on race relations, religious identity, and multiculturalism in the academy. Featuring a fascinating conclusion that draws from interviews with Bellow's sons, this accessible companion is an excellent resource for understanding the political thought of one of America's most acclaimed writers.

Author : Zachary Leader
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101910184

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The Life of Saul Bellow, Volume 2 by Zachary Leader Pdf

The second volume in the life of literary giant Saul Bellow, vividly capturing a personal life that was always tumultuous and career that never ceased being triumphant. Bellow, at forty-nine, is at the pinnacle of American letters--rich, famous, critically acclaimed. The expected trajectory is one of decline: volume 1, rise; volume 2, fall. Bellow never fell, producing in the latter half of his life some of his greatest fiction (Mr. Sammler's Planet, Humboldt's Gift), winning two more National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize. At eighty, he wrote his last story; at eighty-five, he wrote Ravelstein. In this volume, his life away from the desk, including his love life, is if anything more dramatic than in the first. In the public sphere, he is embroiled in controversy over foreign affairs, race, religion, education, social policy, the state of culture, the fate of the novel. In this stunning second volume, Zachary Leader shows that Bellow's heroic energy and will were present to the very end of his life. His immense achievement and its cost, to himself and others, continue to be worth the examination of this vivid work of literary scholarship.

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 8171880800

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Conversations with Saul Bellow by Saul Bellow Pdf

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410350923

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A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "Leaving the Yellow House" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "Leaving the Yellow House," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410348678

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A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "Humboldt's Gift" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "Humboldt's Gift," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410335326

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A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "The Adventures of Augie March," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410348036

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A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "Herzog" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "Herzog," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410357960

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A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "A Silver Dish" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Saul Bellow's "A Silver Dish," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141389301

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Dangling Man by Saul Bellow Pdf

Expecting to be inducted into the army, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Dangling Man is his journal, a wonderful account of his restless wanderings through Chicago's streets, his musings on the past, his psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him, and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.