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• Roy Hobbs and Gawain in Gawain and the Green Knight

  In the following essay, Henningfeld aligns the failure of main character Roy Hobbs with that of Gawain in Gawain and the Green Knight.

• The Natural: World Ceres

  Wasserman's essay, hailed as an outstanding example of Malamud's scholarship, provides a thorough analysis of myth as an integral element of The Natural.

• Myth Inside and Out The Natural in Bernard Malamud and the Critics

  In the following excerpt, Turner points out how Malamud's recurrent theme of the conflict between myths and the outer world appears in The Natural.

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9. The Natural: Essays and Criticism
   1. Roy Hobbs and Gawain in Gawain and the Green Knight
   2. The Natural: World Ceres
   3. Myth Inside and Out The Natural in Bernard Malamud and the Critics
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