The Catcher in the Rye

• Author : Jerome David Salinger
• Publisher : Bantam
• Release : 05 August 2021

Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school.

• Author : J.D. Salinger
• Publisher : Back Bay Books
• Release : 06 November 2018

Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories, particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme--With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in

• Author : Sarah Graham
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 11 June 2007

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951) is a twentieth-century classic. Despite being one of the most frequently banned books in America, generations of readers have identified with the narrator, Holden Caulfield, an angry young man who articulates the confusion, cynicism and vulnerability of adolescence with humour and sincerity. This guide to Salinger’s provocative novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of The Catcher in the Rye a critical history, surveying the many interpretations

• Author : Harold Bloom
• Publisher : Infobase Publishing
• Release : 01 January 2009

Presents a collection of essays analyzing Salinger's The catcher in the rye, including a chronology of his works and life.

• Author : Sarah Graham
• Publisher : A&C Black
• Release : 25 October 2007

J. D. Salinger's 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is the definitive coming-of-age novel and Holden Caulfield remains one of the most famous characters in modern literature. This jargon-free guide to the text sets The Catcher in the Rye in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure, and presenting an up-to-date account of its critical reception.

• Author : Peter G. Beidler
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 June 2011

Peter G. Beidler's Reader's Companion is an indispensable guide for teachers, students, and general readers who want fully to appreciate Salinger's perennial bestseller.

• Author : Jack Salzman
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 05 August 1991

Five essays focus on various aspects of the novel from its ideology within the context of the Cold War and portrait of a particular American subculture to its account of patterns of adolescent crisis and rich and complex narrative structure.

• Author : Keith Dromm,Heather Salter
• Publisher : Open Court Publishing
• Release : 05 August 2021

Collects essays that look at J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" through a philosophical approach.

• Author : Harold Bloom
• Publisher : Infobase Publishing
• Release : 01 January 2009

The classic 1951 novel by J.D. Salinger is analyzed.

• Author : Dirk Lepping
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 27 July 2003

Essay from the year 2000 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0 (B), University of Münster (English Seminar Münster), course: American Teenage Culture of the 50s, language: English, abstract: There aren’t many heroes in contemporary literature who have aroused so much devotion, imitation or controversy as J.D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, which was banned in America after its first publication, has influenced teenagers and adolescents until today. The very

• Author : J.D. Salinger
• Publisher : Barrons Educational Series
• Release : 01 October 1984

Plot synopsis of this classic is made meaningful with analysis and quotes by noted literary critics, summaries of the work's main themes and characters, a sketch of the author's life and times, a bibliography, suggested test questions, and ideas for essays and term papers.

• Author : John C. Unrue
• Publisher : Gale / Cengage Learning
• Release : 05 August 2021

"Gale Study Guides to Great Literature is a unique reference line composed of three series: "Literary Masters, Literary Masterpieces and "Literary Topics. Convenient, comprehensive and targeted toward current coursework, these guides place authors, titles and topics into context for high school and college students as well as general researchers. Each "Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author, covering basic biographical information. The related "Literary Masterpieces volume explores a major title from this author's works in detail. Finally, the "Literary Topics

• Author : Sanford Pinsker,Ann Pinsker
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release : 05 August 1999

Examines the background and themes of "Catcher in the Rye," discusses the novel's censorship, and examines the character of Holden Caulfield

• Author : Josef Benson
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 15 March 2018

This book looks at how an iconic novel has resonated with several generations of readers. By focusing on Salinger and his beloved protagonist, this book demonstrates how Catcher has affected readers in profound ways, from anti-war protestors of the 1960s to Black Lives Matter advocates of the 21st century.

• Author : Pamela Hunt Steinle
• Publisher : Ohio University Press
• Release : 05 August 2021

Attempts to remove Catcher from high schools as an "un-American" text have generated continuous and extensive controversy, distinguishing it as one of the most frequently taught postwar novels - and the most frequently censored."--BOOK JACKET.