Critical Essays on Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
Auteur: Joel Salzberg
Nombre de pages: 245 pages
ISBN: 0816188947, 9780816188949
Edition: G.K. Hall
Date de publication: G.K. Hall
Description: This 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 appeared shortly after the publication of the novel. The introduction by Salzberg traces the history of the criticism and places it in the context of Salinger's overall career. The two dozen pieces in the volume reflect virtually every critical school. Freudian and Marxist approaches, comparative analyses, gender criticism, structuralist studies, and linguistic analyses throw light on the novel and reveal their strengths and weaknesses as tools for reading long fiction. ISBN 0-8161-8894-7: $38.00.