The Assistant | For Further Reference
Abramson, Edward A. Bernard Malamud Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1993. This booklet evaluates Malamud's vision in relation to his work as a whole, which was impossible when Richman's book for Twayne's American Authors was published in 1966. The work contains a judicious critique of all of Malamud's works and a good bibliography.
Alter, Iska. "The Good Man's Dilemma: Social Criticism in the Fiction of Bernard Malamud." In AMS Studies in Modern Literature, vol. 5. New York: AMS Press, 1981. Alter offers a convincing critique of American materialism in his...
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