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Chapter OneIntroductionSaulBellowandHerzogWhen it comes to Jewish American Literature, some names can never be effacedfromitshistory,andamongthemstandsoutSaulBellow(1915-2005).With penetratingideasandbitinganalysis,Bellow’sworksacutelyexposedthetwentieth centuryAmericanexperienceaswellastheessenceofmoderncivilization.For Bellow,Jewishness“wasbothalimitingidentityandasourceofinspiration”.(Wolf, 2001: 242) However, he was not constrained in the identity conflict but took advantageofit.BeingaJewbybirthandminglingJewishvisionsintohisstories, Bellow allowed readers to see an American society through Jewish eyes. Itis believedthat“WithBellowJewishnessmovedinfromtheimmigrantmarginsto becomeanewformofAmericanregionalism.”(Wisse,2004:205)Hisknowledge inphilosophy,sociology,andanthropologyundoubtedlyenhancedtheprofundity of hisstoriesaswellashisperspectives. Itisdueto Bellow’sintensivereadingthat thewide-rangereferences,thedensityofhistoricalandculturalrelevance,andthe unique philosophical and social insights can find their way into his works.RunningthroughBellow’svariousworksliesacommontheme.Bellow’sfaith inhumanity,love,andhoperadiatedundertheshellofthedecayofthesociety constitute the core of his motif. Bellow’suppermiddleclassprotagonists, wandering,depressed,andstruggling,areassignedthetasktodefendthepresence ofthesoulandwithstandtheassimilationofthatage’svanity.Theywouldratherbe questinginpaintokeeptheselfthantobedissolvedbythedepravityofthemass, sotheybecametheoutsiders.TheevaluationbyKarlRagnarGierow,permanent SecretaryoftheSwedishAcademygraspedtheessenceofBellow’sbeliefandhis works’ majortheme,“Bellow’sbooksare…aboutaman…whokeepsontryingto findafootholdduringhiswanderingsinatotteringworld,onewhocannever relinquishhisfaiththatthevalueoflifedependsonitsdignity,notitssuccess.” (Field, 1979:4)SymbolizingBellow’s mellowing writing skill and thought,Herzogevoked readers’enthusiasticresponsesuponitspublication.Itisnotonlyanacuteexposure ofmodernAmericanlife,but alsoa genera