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  1. In the Community
    The Achievement of Gershom Scholem
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, April 1973, pp. 69-77
  2. After the Tradition (1969)
    Robert Alter
    Essays on Modern Jewish Writing
    2 Reviews
  3. In the Community
    Agnon's Last Word
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, June 1971, pp. 74-82
  4. [+]
    Almost Classic (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Stories in an Almost Classical Mode, by Harold Brodkey
    1. Stories in an Almost Classical Mode by Harold Brodkey
    The New Republic, October 24, 1988, pp. 30-31
  5. American Jews and Israel
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1988, p. 24
  6. In the Community
    The Apocalyptic Temper
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, June 1966, pp. 61-66
  7. Appropriating the Religious Tradition
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1971, pp. 47-54
  8. [+]
    Apt Beginnings (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Back to the Sources, by Barry W. Holtz
    1. Back to the Sources by Barry W. Holtz
    Commentary, March 1985, pp. 69-70
  9. [+]
    Arbeit Macht Fraud (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Wilkomirski Affair, by Stefan Maechler
    1. The Wilkomirski Affair by Stefan Maechler
    The New Republic, April 30, 2001, pp. 35-37
  10. [+]
    Archetypal Criticism (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Radical Innocence, by Ihab Habib Hassan
    1. Radical Innocence by Ihab Habib Hassan
    Commentary, June 1962, pp. 547-549
  11. The Art of Biblical Narrative (1981)
    Robert Alter
    3 Reviews
  12. The Art of Biblical Poetry (1985)
    Robert Alter
    3 Reviews
  13. [+]
    Awakenings (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Shifting Landscape, by Henry Roth and Mario Materassi
    1. Shifting Landscape by Henry Roth and Mario Materassi
    2. Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
    The New Republic, January 25, 1988, pp. 33-34
  14. [+]
    Beauty and the Best (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Western Canon, by Harold Bloom
    1. The Western Canon by Harold Bloom
    The New Republic, October 10, 1994, pp. 36-41
  15. [+]
    A Believer in the City (Review)
    Robert Alter
    A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment, by Alfred Kazin
    1. A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment by Alfred Kazin
    The New Republic, August 12, 1996, p. 35
  16. In the Community
    Berrigan's Diatribe
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1974, pp. 69-73
  17. Beyond King James
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, September 1996, pp. 57-62
  18. In the Community
    Biblical Narrative
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1977, pp. 61-67
  19. [+]
    Book Forum (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Sir Walter Scott: The Great Unknown, by Edgar Johnson
    1. Sir Walter Scott: The Great Unknown by Edgar Johnson
    2. Walter Scott by John Hayden
    The Saturday Review, October 10, 1970, p. 27
  20. The Book of Psalms (2007)
    Robert Alter
    A Translation with Commentary
    1 Review
  21. Books for Jewish Children
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1962, pp. 136-142
  22. Character in the Bible
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1978, pp. 58-65
  23. [+]
    A Classic (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories, by Sholem Aleichem
    1. Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories by Sholem Aleichem
    Commentary, November 1987, pp. 70-72
  24. [+]
    Classical Gass (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Habitations of the Word, by William H. Gass
    1. Habitations of the Word by William H. Gass
    The New Republic, March 11, 1985, pp. 32-34
  25. In the Community
    [+]
    Confronting the Holocaust (3 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Three Israeli Novels
    1. Not of This Time and Place by Yehuda Amihai
    2. The Chocolate Deal by Haim Gury
    3. Wounds of Maturity by Hanoch Bartov
    Commentary, March 1966, pp. 67-74
  26. [+]
    Confusion of Realms (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Children of the Sun, by Martin B. Green
    1. Children of the Sun by Martin B. Green
    Commentary, June 1976, pp. 75-79
  27. [+]
    Cosmosity (Review)
    Robert Alter
    City of God, by E.L. Doctorow
    1. City of God by E.L. Doctorow
    The New Republic, March 6, 2000, pp. 27-29
  28. [+]
    The Critic as Poet (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Vision and Resonance, by John Hollander
    1. Vision and Resonance by John Hollander
    2. Tales Told of the Fathers by John Hollander
    Commentary, September 1975, pp. 94-98
  29. [+]
    Criticism as Performance (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Literary Essays, by David Daiches
    1. Literary Essays by David Daiches
    2. More Literary Essays by David Daiches
    Commentary, May 1969, pp. 94-96
  30. [+]
    To Criticize the Critic (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Irving Howe: Socialist, Critic, Jew, by Edward Alexander
    1. Irving Howe: Socialist, Critic, Jew by Edward Alexander
    The New Republic, July 6, 1998, pp. 42-43
  31. Dan Pagis and the Poetry of Displacement
    Robert Alter
    Judaism, Fall 1996, pp. 399-402
  32. The David Story (1999)
    Robert Alter
    A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel
    2 Reviews
  33. [+]
    Dead End (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Fiedler on the Roof, by Leslie Fiedler
    1. Fiedler on the Roof by Leslie Fiedler
    Commentary, June 1991, p. 58
  34. The Decline and Fall of Literary Criticism
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, March 1984, pp. 50-56
  35. [+]
    Deconstruction in America (7 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    The Yale Critics, by Jonathan Arac, Wlad Godzich, and Wallace Martin
    1. The Yale Critics by Jonathan Arac, Wlad Godzich, and Wallace Martin
    2. On Deconstruction by Jonathan Culler
    3. Blindness and Insight by Paul de Man
    4. Deconstructive Criticism: An Advanced Introduction by Vincent B. Leitch
    5. Fiction and Repetition by J. Hillis Miller
    6. Deconstruction: Theory and Practice by Christopher Norris
    7. Marxism and Deconstruction by Michael Ryan
    The New Republic, April 25, 1983, pp. 27-31
  36. In the Community
    Defaming the Jews
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1973, pp. 77-82
  37. Fiction
    Defenders of the Faith
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, July 1987, pp. 52-55
  38. Defenses of the Imagination (1978)
    Robert Alter
    Jewish Writers and Modern Historical Crisis
    2 Reviews
  39. In the Community
    Deformations of the Holocaust
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1981, pp. 48-54
  40. [+]
    Deja Jew (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Counterlife, by Philip Roth
    1. The Counterlife by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, February 2, 1987, pp. 36-37
  41. [+]
    Dickens as Conservative (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Dickens and the Social Order, by Myron Magnet
    1. Dickens and the Social Order by Myron Magnet
    Commentary, April 1986, pp. 72-73
  42. [+]
    The Disputation of Desire (Review)
    Robert Alter
    A Journey to the End of the Millennium, by A.B. Yehoshua
    1. A Journey to the End of the Millennium by A.B. Yehoshua
    The New Republic, March 15, 1999, pp. 38-39
  43. Edmund Wilson vs. America
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1978, pp. 29-35
  44. The Education of Alfred Kazin
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, June 1978, pp. 44-51
  45. [+]
    The Education of David Kepesh (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Professor of Desire, by Philip Roth
    1. The Professor of Desire by Philip Roth
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1979, pp. 478-481
  46. In the Community
    Eliot, Lawrence & the Jews
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1970, pp. 81-86
  47. In the Community
    Emancipation, Enlightenment & All That
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1972, pp. 62-68
  48. [+]
    Enemies, A Love Story (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    If I Am Not for Myself..., by Ruth R. Wisse
    1. If I Am Not for Myself... by Ruth R. Wisse
    2. Land and Power by Anita Shapira
    The New Republic, November 30, 1992, pp. 28-31
  49. Epitaph for a Jewish Magazine
    Robert Alter
    Notes on the Menorah Journal
    Commentary, May 1965, pp. 51-55
  50. In the Community
    Exhibiting the Lower East Side
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1967, pp. 67-72
  51. In the Community
    A Fever of Ethnicity
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, June 1972, pp. 68-73
  52. [+]
    A Few Old Jews (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Coat Upon a Stick, by Norman Fruchter
    1. Coat Upon a Stick by Norman Fruchter
    Commentary, March 1963, pp. 262-263
  53. The Five Books of Moses (2004)
    Robert Alter
    A Translation with Commentary
    4 Reviews, 1 Readable
  54. [+]
    The Flow (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Preliminaries, by S. Yizhar
    1. Preliminaries by S. Yizhar
    The New Republic, June 18, 2007, pp. 51-55
  55. Observations
    Freud's Jewish Problem
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1992, pp. 48-50
  56. [+]
    From Myth to Murder (3 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    History, Religion, and Antisemitism, by Gavin I. Langmuir
    1. History, Religion, and Antisemitism by Gavin I. Langmuir
    2. Toward a Definition of Antisemitism by Gavin I. Langmuir
    3. Revolutionary Antisemitism in Germany from Kant to Wagner by Paul Lawrence Rose
    The New Republic, May 20, 1991, pp. 34-37
  57. Genesis (1996)
    Robert Alter
    Translation and Commentary
    4 Reviews
  58. The Genius of S.Y. Agnon
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, August 1961, pp. 105-113
  59. [+]
    A Golden Age (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Wine, Women, and Death, by Raymond P. Scheindlin
    1. Wine, Women, and Death by Raymond P. Scheindlin
    Commentary, May 1987, pp. 68-70
  60. Harold Bloom's "J"
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, November 1990, pp. 28-33
  61. Hebrew and Modernity (1994)
    Robert Alter
    1 Review
  62. Hebrew Between Two Worlds
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, April 1968, pp. 63-70
  63. [+]
    History's Victims (Review)
    Robert Alter
    A Woman Named Solitude, by Andre Schwarz-Bart
    1. A Woman Named Solitude by Andre Schwarz-Bart
    Commentary, May 1973, pp. 94-98
  64. Books in Review
    [+]
    Holocaust (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
    1. The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945 by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
    Commentary, June 1975, pp. 72-73
  65. How Important Are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1992, pp. 34-41
  66. [+]
    Howard's End (Review)
    Robert Alter
    On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
    1. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
    The New Republic, October 3, 2005, pp. 29-31
  67. [+]
    Immodest Proposals (Review)
    Robert Alter
    God, Gulliver, and Genocide, by Claude Rawson
    1. God, Gulliver, and Genocide by Claude Rawson
    The New Republic, February 11, 2002, pp. 34-37
  68. [+]
    In Responsibilities Begin Dreams (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Beginning of the Journey, by Diana Trilling
    1. The Beginning of the Journey by Diana Trilling
    The New Republic, November 1, 1993, pp. 30-35
  69. [+]
    In the Name of the Mother (Review)
    Robert Alter
    To the End of the Land, by David Grossman
    1. To the End of the Land by David Grossman
    The New Republic, October 14, 2010, pp. 37-39
  70. Interpreting the Bible
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, March 1990, pp. 52-59
  71. Inventing Hebrew Prose
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, March 1988, pp. 35-43
  72. In the Community
    Israel & the Intellectuals
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1967, pp. 46-52
  73. [+]
    Israel/Diaspora (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Future of the Jews, by David Vital
    1. The Future of the Jews by David Vital
    Commentary, October 1990, p. 58
  74. In the Community
    Israeli Culture and the Jews
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, November 1976, pp. 59-65
  75. The Israeli Novel
    Robert Alter
    Daedalus, Fall 1966, pp. 972-985
  76. Israeli Writers & Their Problems
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, July 1962, pp. 20-27
  77. Books
    [+]
    James Joyce's Comic Messiah (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Ulysses, by James Joyce
    1. Ulysses by James Joyce
    The American Scholar, Summer 1997, pp. 452-460
  78. The Jewish Community & the Jewish Condition
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1969, pp. 55-59
  79. Jewish Dreams and Nightmares
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1968, pp. 48-56
  80. Jewish Mysticism in Dispute
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, September 1989, pp. 53-59
  81. The Jewish Voice
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1995, pp. 39-45
  82. [+]
    The Jew's Last Sigh (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Selected Poems, by Shmuel HaNagid
    1. Selected Poems by Shmuel HaNagid
    The New Republic, May 6, 1996, pp. 30-33
  83. In the Community
    Joseph and His Brothers
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, November 1980, pp. 59-69
  84. Kafka's Father, Agnon's Mother, Bellow's Cousins
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1986, pp. 46-52
  85. Letters
    George Steiner, Adam Walinsky, and Irving M. Engel, ...
    Commentary, May 1970, pp. 4-25
  86. Letters
    John Simon, Julius Novick, Allen Weinstein, and Ernest van den Haag, ...
    Commentary, November 1970, pp. 6-39
  87. Letters
    Mark Schorer, Paul Goodman, John Slawson, and Irving Kristol, ...
    Commentary, January 1971, pp. 8-30
  88. Letters
    Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, William Burstein, and Howard Grief, ...
    Commentary, October 1973, pp. 4-36
  89. Letters
    Edward W. Said, Gil Carl AlRoy, and Alexander Morgan Capron, ...
    Commentary, May 1974, pp. 4-24
  90. Letters
    John H. Knowles, E.J. Mishan, and Alfred B. Mason, ...
    Commentary, November 1974, pp. 4-30
  91. Letters
    Alan Gartner, Lucille B. Ritvo, and Ralph A. Raimi, ...
    Commentary, March 1976, pp. 4-22
  92. Letters
    Edward I. Koch, Arnold Forster, and Daniel Birger, ...
    Commentary, October 1976, pp. 4-32
  93. Letters
    Joseph F. Johnston, Jr., Mark Goodson, and Arthur C. Banks, Jr., ...
    Commentary, November 1977, pp. 4-20
  94. Letters
    Walter A. Sheldon, Elias M. Schwarzbart, and Wilbur Samuel Howell, ...
    Commentary, January 1979, pp. 4-18
  95. Letters
    Sidra Ezrahi, Alvin H. Rosenfeld, and Irving Greenberg, ...
    Commentary, June 1981, pp. 2-26
  96. Letters
    Martin J. Plax, Samuel Rabinove, and Walter Berns, ...
    Commentary, June 1982, pp. 4-18
  97. Letters
    Leon Davico, Michael Ledeen, and Michael Vickery, ...
    Commentary, February 1984, pp. 4-16
  98. Letters
    Henryk Grynberg, A. Lawrence Chickering, and Niel Hirschson, ...
    Commentary, July 1984, pp. 2-16
  99. Letters
    Ronald Abramson, Patrick Glynn, and Robert Gordis, ...
    Commentary, May 1984, pp. 2-14
  100. Letters
    Gordon Tullock, Frederick Allen Asher, and Mark Falcoff, ...
    Commentary, October 1985, pp. 2-28
  101. Letters
    Alfred H. Moses, Benno Weiser Varon, and Elias Schwarzbart, ...
    Commentary, July 1989, pp. 4-20
  102. Letters
    Avi Shlaim, Benny Morris, Shabtai Teveth, and Sanford Levinson, ...
    Commentary, February 1990, pp. 2-20
  103. Letters
    Francis Maude #2, William McGurn, and Harry V. Jaffa, ...
    Commentary, June 1990, pp. 2-16
  104. Letters
    Schuyler Chapin, Ernest van den Haag, and Jacob Neusner, ...
    Commentary, September 1990, pp. 2-12
  105. Letters
    James Hudson, James S. Rogers, and Myron Lieberman, ...
    Commentary, June 1992, pp. 4-20
  106. Letters
    Alan O. Ebenstein, Tony Frank, and Harry V. Jaffa, ...
    Commentary, May 1992, pp. 4-18
  107. Letters
    Ernest van den Haag, Harry V. Jaffa, and James Q. Wilson, ...
    Commentary, November 1993, pp. 2-26
  108. [+]
    The Leveling Wind (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Tunnel, by William H. Gass
    1. The Tunnel by William H. Gass
    The New Republic, March 27, 1995, pp. 29-31
  109. 'The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews": An Exchange
    Robert Alter
    Reply
    The New Republic, April 19, 1993, p. 45
  110. Liberalism & the Jews
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1980, p. 17
  111. A Lion for Love (1979)
    Robert Alter and Carol Cosman
    A Critical Biography of Stendhal
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  112. In the Community
    A Literary Approach to the Bible
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, December 1975, pp. 70-77
  113. [+]
    Literary Criticism, A to Z (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Ferocious Alphabets, by Denis Donoghue
    1. Ferocious Alphabets by Denis Donoghue
    The New Republic, July 25, 1981, pp. 34-35
  114. The Literary Guide to the Bible (1987)
    Robert Alter and Frank Kermode
    5 Reviews
  115. Literary Lives
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, May 1979, pp. 56-62
  116. In the Community
    Literature and Crisis
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1971, pp. 80-88
  117. [+]
    A Long Story (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Beginners, by Dan Jacobson
    1. The Beginners by Dan Jacobson
    Commentary, August 1966, pp. 64-70
  118. In the Community
    Malamud as Jewish Writer
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, September 1966, pp. 71-78
  119. [+]
    The Man Without Qualities (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Five Seasons, by A.B. Yehoshua
    1. Five Seasons by A.B. Yehoshua
    2. The Continuing Silence of a Poet by A.B. Yehoshua
    The New Republic, February 27, 1989, p. 34
  120. In the Community
    Mandelstam's Witness
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, June 1974, pp. 69-77
  121. In the Community
    Manners & the Jewish Intellectual
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, August 1975, pp. 58-64
  122. Articles
    The Masada Complex
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, July 1973, pp. 19-24
  123. Maurice Samuel & Jewish Letters
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, March 1964, pp. 50-54
  124. [+]
    Memory Man (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, by Dmitri Nabokov and Vladimir Nabokov
    1. The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov by Dmitri Nabokov and Vladimir Nabokov
    Commentary, January 1996, pp. 68-69
  125. [+]
    The Metamorphosis (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Storyteller, by Mario Vargas Llosa
    1. The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa
    The New Republic, January 8, 1990, pp. 41-42
  126. Milosz: Poetry and Politics
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, April 1983, pp. 41-47
  127. [+]
    Mirrors for Immortality (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Transparent Things, by Vladimir Nabokov
    1. Transparent Things by Vladimir Nabokov
    The Saturday Review, November 11, 1972, pp. 72-75
  128. Modernism and Nostalgia
    Robert Alter
    The Partisan Review, Summer 1993, pp. 388-402
  129. In the Community
    Modernism, the Germans & the Jews
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, March 1978, pp. 61-67
  130. [+]
    Modernist City (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Petersburg, by Andrei Bely
    1. Petersburg by Andrei Bely
    The American Scholar, Winter 1979, pp. 126-128
  131. [+]
    Modernity & Modernism (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Prophets Without Honour, by Frederic V. Grunfeld
    1. Prophets Without Honour by Frederic V. Grunfeld
    2. Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture by Carl E. Schorske
    Commentary, March 1980, pp. 79-80
  132. Morning Session
    Robert Alter
    The Jew Who Didn't Get Away: On the Possibility of an American Jewish Culture
    Judaism, Summer 1982, pp. 274-286
  133. Motives for Fiction (1984)
    Robert Alter
    1 Review
  134. [+]
    Mr. Bellow's Planet (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Him With His Foot in His Mouth, by Saul Bellow
    1. Him With His Foot in His Mouth by Saul Bellow
    The New Republic, June 11, 1984, pp. 33-36
  135. Articles
    Nabokov and Memory
    Robert Alter
    The Partisan Review, Fall 1991, pp. 620-629
  136. Nabokov's Ardor
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, August 1969, pp. 47-49
  137. Necessary Angels (1991)
    Robert Alter
    Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem
    1 Review
  138. [+]
    The New American Novel (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov
    1. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
    Commentary, November 1975, pp. 44-51
  139. In the Community
    New Israeli Fiction
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, June 1969, pp. 59-66
  140. [+]
    The New Prayer Books (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Traditional Prayer Book for Sabbath and Festivals, by David de Sola Pool
    1. Traditional Prayer Book for Sabbath and Festivals by David de Sola Pool
    2. Weekday Prayer Book by Gershon Hadas
    Commentary, November 1961, pp. 456-462
  141. In the Community
    A New Theory of Kashrut
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, August 1979, pp. 46-52
  142. In the Community
    New York and/or Jerusalem
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, August 1977, pp. 50-56
  143. Nobel Prize-winners: 1966
    Robert Alter
    S.Y. Agnon
    The Saturday Review, December 10, 1966, pp. 44-45
  144. [+]
    The Old and the New (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Castle, by Franz Kafka
    1. The Castle by Franz Kafka
    The New Republic, April 13, 1998, pp. 33-36
  145. [+]
    Old Rabbis, New Critics (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Midrash and Literature, by Geoffrey H. Hartman and Sanford Budick
    1. Midrash and Literature by Geoffrey H. Hartman and Sanford Budick
    2. Golden Doves with Silver Dots by Jose Faur
    The New Republic, January 5, 1987, pp. 27-33
  146. Observations
    On Lea Goldberg & S.Y. Agnon
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, May 1970, pp. 83-88
  147. [+]
    On Man's Kafka (Review)
    Robert Alter
    K., by Roberto Calasso
    1. K. by Roberto Calasso
    The New Republic, April 25, 2005, pp. 31-34
  148. Articles
    On S.Y. Agnon
    Robert Alter
    The Partisan Review, Fall 1989, pp. 619-631
  149. In the Community
    On Walter Benjamin
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, September 1969, pp. 86-94
  150. [+]
    Only a Man (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Yehuda Amichai, by Nili Scharf Gold
    1. Yehuda Amichai by Nili Scharf Gold
    The New Republic, December 31, 2008, pp. 32-33
  151. [+]
    Only Words to Play With (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Delighted States, by Adam Thirlwell
    1. The Delighted States by Adam Thirlwell
    The New Republic, June 25, 2008, pp. 48-49
  152. [+]
    Origins (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Sacred Executioner, by Hyam Maccoby
    1. The Sacred Executioner by Hyam Maccoby
    Commentary, November 1983, pp. 75-77
  153. Partial Magic (1975)
    Robert Alter
    The Novel as a Self-Conscious Genre
    1 Review
  154. [+]
    Past Imperfect (Review)
    Robert Alter
    A Tale of Love and Darkness, by Amos Oz
    1. A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
    The New Republic, January 10, 2005, pp. 37-39
  155. The Persistence of Reading
    Robert Alter
    The Partisan Review, Fall 1993, pp. 510-515
  156. The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age (1989)
    Robert Alter
    6 Reviews
  157. In the Community
    Poet of Exile
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1977, pp. 49-55
  158. In the Community
    A Poet of the Holocaust
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, November 1973, pp. 57-63
  159. In the Community
    Poetry in Israel
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, December 1965, pp. 77-84
  160. The Poetry of the Bible
    Robert Alter
    The New Republic, September 30, 1985, pp. 28-31
  161. Books in Review
    [+]
    Portrait of a Nation (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Israelis: Founders and Sons, by Amos Elon
    1. The Israelis: Founders and Sons by Amos Elon
    Commentary, September 1971, p. 85
  162. [+]
    Probing Pain for Definition of Man (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Legends of Our Time, by Elie Wiesel
    1. Legends of Our Time by Elie Wiesel
    The Saturday Review, October 19, 1968, p. 31
  163. [+]
    Pulpit Bully (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Jews in America, by Arthur Hertzberg
    1. The Jews in America by Arthur Hertzberg
    The New Republic, March 5, 1990, pp. 38-39
  164. Qohelet, Translations From Ecclesiastes
    Robert Alter
    The New Republic, July 22, 2010, pp. 29-30
  165. In the Community
    The Question of Survival
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, March 1967, pp. 75-82
  166. Reform Judaism and the Bible
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1982, pp. 31-35
  167. Review Essay
    [+]
    Returning the Psalms (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Psalter, by Gabe Huck
    1. The Psalter by Gabe Huck
    First Things, December 1995, pp. 45-48
  168. [+]
    The Stage (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Office Politics, by Wilfrid Sheed
    1. Office Politics by Wilfrid Sheed
    Commonweal, October 28, 1966, p. 109
  169. [+]
    Jazz: Curiosities (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Shosha, by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    1. Shosha by Isaac Bashevis Singer
    The New Republic, September 16, 1978, pp. 20-21
  170. [+]
    Classical Records (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857, by Francis Steegmuller and Gustave Flaubert
    1. The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857 by Francis Steegmuller and Gustave Flaubert
    The New Republic, February 23, 1980, pp. 26-27
  171. [+]
    Two Pigeons (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Lectures on Literature, by Vladimir Nabokov and Fredson Bowers
    1. Lectures on Literature by Vladimir Nabokov and Fredson Bowers
    The New Republic, October 4, 1980, pp. 32-34
  172. The Revolt Against Tradition: Readers, Writers and Critics
    Robert Alter
    The Partisan Review, Spring 1991, pp. 282-293
  173. In the Community
    Rhetoric and the Arab Mind
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1968, pp. 61-66
  174. [+]
    Rhyme and Reason (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Direction of Poetry, by Robert Richman
    1. The Direction of Poetry by Robert Richman
    Commentary, April 1989, pp. 70-74
  175. In the Community
    Sabbatai Zevi and the Jewish Imagination
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, June 1967, pp. 66-72
  176. Scripture and Culture
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, August 1985, pp. 42-48
  177. [+]
    Scripture Picture (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Book of Genesis, by R. Crumb
    1. The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb
    The New Republic, October 21, 2009, pp. 44-47
  178. [+]
    Seize the Bliss (Review)
    Robert Alter
    It All Adds Up, by Saul Bellow
    1. It All Adds Up by Saul Bellow
    The New Republic, May 2, 1994, pp. 37-38
  179. In the Community
    Sentimentalizing the Jews
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, September 1965, pp. 71-76
  180. [+]
    Sexing the Jewry (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Gut Symmetries, by Jeanette Winterson
    1. Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson
    The New Republic, April 7, 1997, pp. 36-37
  181. [+]
    The Shadow of Terrorism (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Safety Net, by Heinrich Boll
    1. The Safety Net by Heinrich Boll
    The New Republic, March 3, 1982, pp. 31-32
  182. In the Community
    The Shalit Case
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, July 1970, pp. 55-61
  183. In the Community
    Shtetl and Revolution
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1975, pp. 70-75
  184. [+]
    The Spirits and the Letters (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem, 1932-1940, by Gershom Schole...
    1. The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem, 1932-1940 by Gershom Scholem and Walter Benjamin
    The New Republic, December 18, 1989, pp. 26-30
  185. [+]
    The Spritzer (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Operation Shylock, by Philip Roth
    1. Operation Shylock by Philip Roth
    The New Republic, April 5, 1993, pp. 31-34
  186. Books
    [+]
    Styron's Stingo (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Sophie's Choice, by William Styron
    1. Sophie's Choice by William Styron
    The Saturday Review, July 7, 1979, pp. 42-43
  187. In the Community
    Teaching Jewish Teachers
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, July 1968, pp. 60-65
  188. [+]
    Teen Anguish (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    Someone to Run with, by David Grossman
    1. Someone to Run with by David Grossman
    2. Death as a Way of Life by David Grossman
    The New Republic, January 26, 2004, pp. 27-29
  189. [+]
    A Theological Fantasy (Review)
    Robert Alter
    God's Grace, by Bernard Malamud
    1. God's Grace by Bernard Malamud
    The New Republic, September 20, 1982, pp. 38-39
  190. [+]
    The Three W's (Review)
    Robert Alter
    The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America, by Donald Hall
    1. The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America by Donald Hall
    Commentary, November 1985, pp. 114-117
  191. The Travels of Malcolm Cowley
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, August 1980, pp. 33-40
  192. [+]
    The Trials (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Kafka: The Decisive Years, by Reiner Stach
    1. Kafka: The Decisive Years by Reiner Stach
    The New Republic, March 6, 2006, pp. 28-31
  193. Reappraisals
    Tristram Shandy and the Game of Love
    Robert Alter
    The American Scholar, Spring 1968, pp. 316-323
  194. [+]
    Tyrants and Butterflies (Review)
    Robert Alter
    Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years, 1899-1940, by Brian Boyd
    1. Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years, 1899-1940 by Brian Boyd
    The New Republic, October 15, 1990, pp. 37-43
  195. In the Community
    Updike, Malamud, and the Fire This Time
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1972, pp. 68-74
  196. In the Community
    Varieties of Jewish Verse
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, July 1981, pp. 50-56
  197. [+]
    The View from the Attic (2 Reviews)
    Robert Alter
    An Obsession with Anne Frank, by Lawrence Graver
    1. An Obsession with Anne Frank by Lawrence Graver
    2. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Otto M. Frank, and Mirjam Pressler
    The New Republic, December 4, 1995, pp. 38-41
  198. Vistas of Annihilation
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1985, pp. 39-44
  199. The Voice from the Whirlwind
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, January 1984, pp. 33-41
  200. In the Community
    What Jewish Studies Can Do
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, October 1974, pp. 71-77
  201. What Was T.S. Eliot?
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, March 1989, pp. 31-37
  202. When He Is Bad
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, November 1967, p. 86
  203. Who Is Shylock?
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, July 1993, pp. 29-34
  204. The World of Biblical Literature (1992)
    Robert Alter
    2 Reviews
  205. [+]
    The World of Oz (Review)
    Robert Alter
    A Perfect Peace, by Amos Oz
    1. A Perfect Peace by Amos Oz
    The New Republic, July 29, 1985, pp. 38-39
  206. [+]
    "Yiddishkeit" (Review)
    Robert Alter
    World of Our Fathers, by Irving Howe and Kenneth Libo
    1. World of Our Fathers by Irving Howe and Kenneth Libo
    Commentary, April 1976, pp. 83-85
  207. In the Community
    Zionism for the 70's
    Robert Alter
    Commentary, February 1970, pp. 50-57
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