The essays in this volume offer an examination of the iconic novel's impact over time, and include discussions of the reach of Salinger's influence, Catcher's tumultuous history, and the culture and politics of the post-war era.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
About This Volume.
The Book and Author.
1: On The Catcher in the Rye: An American Koan.
2: Salinger and Holden, Disappearing in Plain Sight: Biography of J. D. Salinger.
3: The Paris Review Perspective.
Critical Contexts.
4: Catching Holden Through a Cultural Studies Lens.
5: Holden at Sixty: Reading Catcher After the Age of Irony.
6: The Catcher in the Rye: “Paul’s Case” in Anticipation of Holden Caulfield.
7: Critical Mass: Holden Among the Critics.
Critical Readings.
8: Memories of Holden Caulfield—and of Miss Greenwood.
9: J. D. Salinger, Novelist of Modern Anomie, Dead at 91.
10: J. D. Salinger.
11: “Holden Caulfield in Doc Martens”: The Catcher in the Rye and My So-Called Life.
12: Holden Caulfield’s Legacy.
13: The Catcher in the Rye and All: Is the Age of Formative Books Over?.
14: Cherished and Cursed: Toward a Social History of The Catcher in the Rye.
15: Reviewers, Critics, and The Catcher in the Rye.
16: Catcher In and Out of History.
17: On First Looking into Chapman’s Holden: Speculations on a Murder.
18: The Language of The Catcher in the Rye.
19: The Saint as a Young Man: A Reappraisal of The Catcher in the Rye.
20: In Memoriam: Allie Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye.
21: Symbolic Resolution in The Catcher in the Rye: The Cap, the Carrousel, and the American West.
22: The Burning Carousel and the Carnivalesque: Subversion and Transcendence at the Close of The Catcher in the Rye.
