salinger, j. d

A collection of critical essays discussing J.D. Sallinger's The catcher in the rye.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. J. D. Salinger, born in New York City, was a gifted actor in high school but was also a writer. Unsuccessful with a college curriculum, he focused on writing and after taking a creative writing course at Columbia University, he began to sell stories to magazines. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye (1951), first makes his appearance in a 1941 story, "Slight Rebellion Off Madison", in The New Yorker Magazine.

Margaret A. Salinger writes about her life with her reclusive father, writer J.D. Salinger.

Presents a critical examination and interpretation of the writings of twentieth-century American author J. D. Salinger. Includes achronology, bibliography, and index.

Critical study of J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" with discussion of the work's influence, historical context, and critical reception.

Describes the life of twentieth-century American author J. D. Salinger; profiles "The Catcher in the Rye," covering its plot, characters, structure, themes, motifs and symbols, and criticism; discusses several of his short stories; and includes a chronology, bibliography, filmography, and list of further resources.

Examines the life of the reclusive author of "Catcher in the Rye, " including his encounters with celebrities, his love life, his devotion to Eastern religion, and his conflicted relationship with his success.