New Essays on The Catcher in the Rye
- ISBN-10
- 0521377986
- ISBN-13
- 9780521377980
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 118
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Jack Salzman
Description
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.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Catcher in the Rye: New Essays
By J. P. SteedThese essays provide new commentary and new insights, and demonstrate the continuing relevance of Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, and Holden Caulfield to American culture and literature and, in turn, to American cultural and literary ...
-
The Catcher in the Rye
By J. D. SalingerThe Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school.
-
J. D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye
By Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold BloomPresents a collection of essays analyzing Salinger's The catcher in the rye, including a chronology of his works and life.
-
The Catcher in the Rye and Philosophy
By Keith Dromm, Heather SalterCollects essays that look at J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" through a philosophical approach.
-
Critical Essays on Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
By Joel SalzbergThis volume brings together critical essays on The Catcher in the Rye (1951), representing three decades from the 1950s through the 1980s. It includes a number of key reviews that...
-
Catcher in the Rye
By J.D. SalingerPlot 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 ...
-
J. D. Salinger, New Edition
By Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom... Gwendolyn Brooks Hans Christian Andersen Henry David Thoreau Herman Melville Hermann Hesse H.G.Wells Hispanic-American Writers Homer Honoré de Balzac Jamaica Kincaid James Joyce Jane Austen Jay Wright J.D. Salinger Jean-Paul Sartre ...
-
Depression in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
By Dedria BryfonskiPublished in 1951 by the reclusive author J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye quickly became a staple of school reading lists nationwide because of its raw and honest portrayal...
-
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine: A Novel
By Teddy WayneCalled “a showstopper” (The Boston Globe), “hugely entertaining” (The Washington Post), “heartbreakingly convincing” (People), “buoyant, smart, searing” (Entertainment Weekly), and “touching and unexpectedly suspenseful” ...
-
J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye: A Routledge Study Guide
By Sarah GrahamThis 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 of the text from publication to the present a ...