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J. D. Salinger's The catcher in the rye : a cultural history /

Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this book seeks to illuminate a timeless classic in relation to its author, its beloved protagonist, and its cultural context decade by decade. It grapples with the novel's major themes, like WWII, the main character's contempt for privilege, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benson, Josef, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The birth of a novel: Holden and Salinger: two men in the closet (a close reading)
  • Catcher in the fifties: sweet sixteen and the king
  • Catcher in the sixties: false profits
  • Catcher in the seventies: uprisings and infiltrations
  • Catcher in the eighties: law suits and murder
  • Catcher in the nineties and to the present: legacies.