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Number Source Description Citation
Kiernan, R.F. (2005). Saul Bellow. Continuum encyclopedia of
1 Encyclopedia american literature. Retrieved (2020, March 17) from
http://www.credoreference.com/entry/amlit/bellow_saul
2 Encyclopedia
Kremer, L. (2003). Saul Bellow. Holocaust literature: an
encyclopedia of writers and their work. Retrived (2010,
3 Encyclopedia March 17) from
http://www.credoreference.com.proxy.bsu.edu/entry/routw
riting/saul_bellow_1915
Leroux, J-F. (2008). Exhausting ennui: bellow, dostoevsky, and
4 Scholarly Journal
the literature of boredom. College Literature , 35 (1), 01-15.
Chavkin, A. (1983). Fathers and sons: papa hemingway and
5 Scholarly Journal saul bellow. Papers of Language & Literature , 19 (4), 449-
462.
Clements, J. (2009). Bottomless surfaces: saul bellow's
6 Scholarly Journal "refreshed phrenology". Journal of Modern Literature , 33 (1),
75-91.
Guttmann, A. (1973). Saul Bellow's mr. sammler.
7 Scholarly Journal
Contemporary Literature, 14(2), 157-168.
Sandy, M. (2008). 'webbed with golden lines': saul bellow's
8 Scholarly Journal
romanticism. Romanticism , 14 (1), 57-67.
Pinsker, S. (1973). Saul Bellow in the classroom. College
9 Scholarly Journal
English, 34(7), 975-982
Not Online Rovit, Earl. (1967). Saul bellow. Saint Paul: North Central
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Scholarly Journal Publishing Company.
Scott, A.O. (2005, April 10). Ideas & trends: Saul Bellow,
America's poet of urbanity. The New York Times,
11 Trade Publications
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E1D91
43EF933A25757C0A9639C8B63
Steinberg, S. (1989, March 03). Story behind the book: a
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conversation with saul bellow. The Publisher's Weekly , 59-60.
Cheuse, A. (2006, May-June). A Tribute to Saul Bellow. World
13 Trade Publications
Literature Today, 80(3), 19-19
14 Trade Publications
Gross, T. (Host). (2005, April 07). Fresh Air [Radio Series
15 NPR Audio
Episode]. Philadelphia: NPR. (pg. 335, Entry 53)
Eugenides, J. (Host). (2009, May 18). All Things Considered
16 NPR Audio
[Radio Series Episode]. NPR (pg. 335, Entry 53)
Simon, S. (Host). (2005, April 09). Simon Says [Radio Series
17 NPR Audio
Episode]. NPR (pg. 335, Entry 53)
Halldorson, S. (2004). The Heroic Impulse and The Heroic
Narrative In The Works of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo.
18 Dissertation
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 65(5), 1780A. (UMI No.
NQ91717)
Corwin, L. (2009). I and I: The Breakdown of Buber In Post-
19 Dissertation Holocaust Jewish American Literature. ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses, 70(6). (UMI No. ATT 3361311)
Duckett, C. (2007). Stumbling Toward Consciousness: The
Essential Quest of Soul In Saul Bellow's "Herzog", "Mr.
20 Thesis
Sammler's Planet", and "Humboldt's Gift". ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses, 46(3). (UMI No. AAT 1449110)
Coykendall, F. (2003). From Aristophanes to Bellow:
21 Thesis Ravelstein and the use of friends in fiction. ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses, 45(1) (UMI No. ATT1437693)
22 Educational Video
Bellow, S. (1976, December). Nobel Lecture . Presented at the
23 Other
Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.
Chamberlin, J. (1944, March 25). Books of the times. The
24 Other
New York Times , 13.
25 Government
Jewish Heritag/Childhood Literary Works
"One of the greatest Jewish-American authors
to emerge out of WWII" "Distinct voice, Jewish-
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American intellectual class raised during The
Great Depression"
Saul Bellow published Dangling Man (1944)
during the second World War in which gave
voice to many veterns and draftees.
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However Bellow's literary voice was
extended in The Adventures of Augie March
(1953)
His works explored the topic of the
Jewish heritage helped pave the way for
Holocaust and survival during WWII and post-
future Jewish-Amreicn authors like Josheph
WWII American Society with Anti-semitic
Heller, Norman Mailer, and othres
insightments
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he resists the title of Jewish-American; not
only are titles unimportant, but I am an NA
American (Reference to Augie March)
All literary work consistently displays a deep
examination of the human condition
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through very superficial and deep
philosophical methods
Bellow's heritage as a Jewish-American
afforded him to explore deeper elements and
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sectors of the human condition not done
before WWII
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Extremely deliberate in trying to distance
himself from the sterotypes and conntations
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of Jewish-Americans, regardless he resists the
Jewish-American label
Bellow was a master stylist who’s style never
overpowerd the sentence. His work can be
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read for a "Head in a Fog" almost like a
caffinee
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Bellow's works rely heavily on sociology and
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studied as an Undergraduate.
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Saul Bellow's first novel Dangling Man
represents a physological thriller which at
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the same time gave a voice to a generation
and group that previously did not have one
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Literary Genology Biography
"childhood spent during the roaring 20s and
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raised during The Great Depression"
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strong literary connection between Fyodor
Dostoevsky and Saul Bellow; with the latter's
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use of dynamic boredom and high intensitiy
within the frame work of existentialism
stong connection between Saul Bellow and
Ernest Hemingway in the pictursque novel.
The journey which many Bellow protaganist NA
take is similar to Sun Also Rises or Form
Whom the Bell Tolls
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Bellow contains a strong literary connection
to many Romantic poets and writers who
participated in the American version of the NA
movement called Transcendentalism; Henry
David Thoreau
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Writen as an obiturary, Bellow died but left
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the American novel further than few have
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His works are beautiful descriptions of
Chicago and "placed Chicago in literary
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history, alongside, Joyce's Dublin, Faulkner's
Mississippi, and Dicken's London"
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Bellow's rise in the liteary scene in New York
City goes to show that turmoil and self-
destruciton do not have to go hand-in-hand
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to a writer, but with talent and hard work
one can achieve, as Bellow did culminating in
a Nobel Prize.
Interview Comments/Personal
Literary Devices/Protaganist/"Bellovian Hero" Thoughts/Insights/Social Commentary
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Character development uses very superfical
wording and mediums "phrenology" to
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convey the inner nature of a character, most
exemplified in Mr. Sammler's Planet
Extremely developed, perhaps most
developed, character in Mr. Sammler's
Planet. The use of political satire and NA
soclogical observation creates this developed
nature
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uses deep philosophy to add further
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elements to both characters and plot
Later works have more developed characters,
thus the titles which they are often given NA
(Mr. Sammler's Planet, Herzog, Ravelstein)
Bellow believes that publishing in serial or
publishing in magizne are important for
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young novelist, however magiznes have failed
the public
His devices help to catapult the wave of post-
WWII writers writing about either WWII, or
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the change that WWII had on American
society
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Saul Bellow created a truly unique kind of
character which genuniely deserved the title
NA of "Bellovian Hero." The deeply weak, inward,
eccentric, and philosophical character was
Bellow's creation
Bellow uses a strong Hero style to all his
characters, even if they appear to be weak
and lonely they display by the end either a
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drastic change that catapults them to the
status of "Hero" or they had "Hero" status all
along.
The post-WWII novel was strange in that
while before novels followed a character on a
journey while he discovered a truth but then
always followed him back with that truth, but
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the post-war novel flipped this around and
allowed the character to either already have
the truth with which he critized society or
never found a truth.
Bellow's works always explored the human
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condition down to every root.
Bellow's last novel Ravelstein affords an
intersting look into the creative process
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Bloom) and demonstrates how characters
and experiences are abstracted
Bellow says that his roots to the city grew
early when he was just 9 years old and from
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conducted) "chicago had already changed
considerably."
Bellow agrees with author Joseph Conrad in
the truth about the human being but states
that Conrads retorhic, the self-styled
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toughman, must be resisted because this
characterization does not truly represent the
real individual
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Source Title Published In
Continuum Encyclopdia of
Saul Bellow
American Literature
The Chronology of American
Saul Bellow
Literature
Holocaust Literature: An
Saul Bellow Encyclopedia of Writers and Their
Work
Exhausting Ennui: Bellow, Dostoevsky, and
College Literature
the Literature of Boredom
Fathers and Sons: "Papa" Hemingway and
Paper's on Language & Literature
Saul Bellow
Bottomless Surfaces: Saul Bellow's
Journal of Modern Literature
"Refreshed Phrenology"
Saul Bellow's Mr. Sammler Contemporary Literature
Webbed With Golden Lines': Saul Bellow's
Romanticism
Romanticism
Saul Bellow In The Classroom College English
Saint Paul: North Central
Saul Bellow
Publishing Company
Ideas and Trends - Saul Bellow: America's
The New York Times
Poet of Urbanity
A Conversation With Saul Bellow The Publisher's Weekly
A Tribute To Saul Bellow World Literature Today
Saul Bellow: An American novelist, died on
The Economist
April 5th, aged 89.
Fresh Air Interview with Saul Bellow NPR (National Public Radio)
Head In A Fog? Reach For Herzog NPR (National Public Radio)
Saul Bellow: Simon Says NPR (National Public Radio)
The Heroic Impulse and The Heroic
Narrative In The Works of Saul Bellow and NA
Don DeLillo
I and I: The breakdown of Buber In Post-
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Holocaust Jewish American Literature
Stumbling toward consciousness: The
essential quest of soul in Saul Bellow's
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"Herzog", "Mr. Sammler's Planet" and
"Humboldt's Gift"
From Aristophanes to Bellow: Ravelstein
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and the use of friends in fiction
Documentary About Saul Bellow Nobel Foundation
Saul Bellow Nobel Lecture - 1976 Nobel Foundation
Books of The Times The New York Times
About Saul Bellow: A Conversation With Humanities: The National
Saul Bellow Endowment for the Humanities
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Bellow
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ProQuest Dissertations and
S. Halldorson
Theses
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L. Corwin
Theses
ProQuest Dissertations and
C. Duckett - M.A.
Theses
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F. Coykendall - M.A.
Theses
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Times
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