New Essays on The Catcher in the Rye Paperback (The American Novel) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521377986 ISBN 13: 9780521377980

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1992

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

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First published in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye continues to be one of the most popular novels ever written as well as one of the most frequently banned books in the United States. In his introduction to this volume, Jack Salzman discusses the history of the novel's composition and publication, the mixed reception it has received from critics and scholars, the arguments surrounding the attempts at censorship, and its position in a postmodernist literary world. The essays that follow focus on various aspects of the novel: its ideology within he context of the cold war, its portrait of a particular subculture within American society, its account of patterns of adolescent crisis, and its rich and complex narrative structure.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0521377986
• ISBN 13: 9780521377980
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 130
• Herausgeber: Salzman Jack