The Catcher in the Rye : New Essays

J. P. Steed

ISBN 10: 0820457299 / ISBN 13: 9780820457291

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang, 2002

About this Item

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - J. D. Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye celebrated its fiftieth anniversary of publication in 2001. The Catcher in the Rye: New Essays presents a variety of new approaches to this extremely popular and intensely influential novel, ranging from the examination of the intertextual relationship between The Catcher in the Rye and Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses, to the evaluation of Salinger's mythic place in American film and popular culture, to the interrogation of what it means for a reader to claim that a novel such as The Catcher in the Rye has changed his or her life. These essays provide new commentary and new insights, and demonstrate the continuing relevance of Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, and Holden Caulfield to American culture and literature and, in turn, to American cultural and literary studies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Catcher in the Rye : New Essays
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820457299
• ISBN 13: 9780820457291
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 150H x 9D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 232 grams

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Synopsis

J. D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye celebrated its fiftieth anniversary of publication in 2001. The Catcher in the Rye: New Essays presents a variety of new approaches to this extremely popular and intensely influential novel, ranging from the examination of the intertextual relationship between The Catcher in the Rye and Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, to the evaluation of Salinger’s mythic place in American film and popular culture, to the interrogation of what it means for a reader to claim that a novel such as The Catcher in the Rye has changed his or her life. These essays provide new commentary and new insights, and demonstrate the continuing relevance of Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, and Holden Caulfield to American culture and literature and, in turn, to American cultural and literary studies.

About the Author

The Editor: J. P. Steed teaches writing and literature at Western Oregon University. He earned his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Idaho and is a Ph.D. candidate in American literature at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His publications include original fiction and poetry as well as scholarly articles on authors such as Bernard Malamud, Francine Prose and Raymond Carver, and he is presently editing a collection of new essays on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.