American Talmud : The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction.

American Talmud -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Henry Roth's First Novel: Call It Jewish? -- 2. Reflecting the World: Bernard Malamud's Post-Holocaust Judaism -- 3. Bellow's Short Fiction: Something Jewish To Remember Him By -- 4. Rebecca Goldstein: The Ethics of Second-Generation Witnessing -- 5. Four Questions for Allegra Goodman -- 6. Henry Roth's Second Novel: Mercy for a Rude Youth -- Conclusion: The Future of Jewish Fiction in America -- Appendix: An Interview with Rebecca Goldstein -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.