A selective list of online literary criticism for Saul Bellow, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association guidelines for web pages
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Alexander, Victoria N. "Martin Amis: Between the Influences of Bellow and Nabokov." In an essay that ranges from Martin Amis to Saul Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov, Alexander notes that "Amis has decisively positioned himself between both the cool, evasive Nabokov and the passionate, outspoken Bellow. Influenced by both great authors, Amis writing exhibits the tensions between disbelief/belief, illusion/vision, which so far have provided for great comedy and marvelous energy in his writing." The Antioch Review Fall 1994
Amis, Martin. An extended web site on Saul Bellow from the (UK) Guardian Newspaper Books page, contains a brief biography and links to ten Guardian reviews of Bellow's books
Atlas, James. A review of a Atlas's biography of Saul Bellow, Bellow (Random House). In Rain Taxi, Winter 2000, reviewed by Eric J. Iannelli ; Another review, in National Review, Nov 6, 2000 by Christopher Hitchens
Cronin, Gloria L. "An introduction to Saul Bellow," Saul Bellow Society
Cronin, Gloria L. Primary and annotated secondary bibliography for Saul Bellow, Saul Bellow Society
Cronin, Gloria. A substantial introduction to Saul Bellow ; On Dangling Man (1944) ; The Victim (1947) ; Seize the Day (1956) ; Henderson the Rain King (1959) ; Herzog(1964) ; Mr. Sammler's Planet (1969) ; Humboldt's Gift (1975) ; The Dean's December (1982) ; More Die of Heartbreak (1987) ; The Actual (1997) ; Ravelstein (2000)
Wasserman, Harriet. A review of Wasserman's Handsome Is: Adventures With Saul Bellow: A Memoir. Wasserman was Saul Bellow's literary agent. Reviewed by Robert Worth, NYTimes, 6/29/97 (registration required); also, the first chapter of the book; another review, by Robert Boynton in Newsday, 5/25/97
London Times Obituary for Saul Bellow "Novelist whose celebration of human individuality gave way to unease over what he saw as the breakdown of society's values," April 5, 2005. Additional tributes and obituaries UK Guardian ; The Economist ; The Washington Post ; The Nation ; The International Herald Tribune
The Saul Bellow Society web site, which contains Gloria L. Cronin's primary and secondary bibliography, an introductory essay, an overview of his novels, and more
A biography of Saul Bellow from the Books and Writers web site, Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland
The Nobel Prize web site page for Saul Bellow, who won the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature, contains a brief bio of Bellow and his Nobel acceptance speech
A short appreciation of Saul Bellow, Globe and Mail, 11/2/1999
"American Prose Since 1945: Realism and Experimentation: Saul Bellow." An introduction to Bellow from a web project at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands
"Celebrating Saul Bellow." Web site for a streaming audio, with participants Martin Amis and James Wood, broadcast 12/30/2003 on Boston's WBUR and NPR
"Saul Bellow: The Victim, Ken Kesey: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Modern literature's depiction of nervous ailments," by Catherine Cooper. An introductory essay on the authors from the London School of Journalism English Literature Distance Learning Course
NYTimes web page on Saul Bellow contains reviews of his novels, beginning with The Dangling Man, links to articles and interviews
Teacher's Guide to Saul Bellow, from textbook publisher Heath
A bibliographical guide to Saul Bellow from Professor Paul Reuben's Perspectives in American Literature web site
Saul Bellow's review of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, from Commentary, June 1952. Courtesy of Dr. Al Filreis at University of Pennsylvania
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