salinger, j. d

Explores the themes, context, criticism, and influence of J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" and discusses how the reader can better understand the text. Provides tips and advice on language, style, and form and features a collection of further reading sources.

A study of J.D. Salingers' short stories, many of which initially appeared in the New Yorker during the 1950s and 1960s.

A biography of reclusive American author J.D. Salinger, providing details of his early life, his student years, his wartime experiences, and his romances; and discussing Salinger's career and the deepening introspection that led to his withdrawal from the world.

A biography of American author J.D. Salinger.

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.