The Catcher in the Rye: Innocence Under Pressure (Masterwork Studies Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805780289 ISBN 13: 9780805780284

Publisher: Twayne Publishers, 1993

Synopsis

Series Editor: Robert Lecker, McGill University.Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, MASTERWORK STUDIES are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature. Each volume: illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text; uses clear, conversational language; is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages; includes a chronology of the authors life and era; provides an overview of the historical context; offers a summary of its critical reception; and lists primary and secondary sources and index.

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From the Back Cover

Sanford Pinsker's reading of the catcher in the Rye goes through the novel chronologically, in a manner perfectly conducive to side-by-side reading, and provides helpful chapters on historical background and critical reception.

Edition details

• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805780289
• ISBN 13: 9780805780284
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Pinsker Stanford