A Reader's Companion To J.D. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Coffeetown Press
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: Second Edition

Description: 278 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This second edition of Peter G. Beidlers Readers Companion builds on the success of the first edition. It will be an indispensable guide for teachers, students, and general readers who want fully to appreciate Salingers perennial bestseller. Now six decades old, The Catcher in the Rye contains references to people, places, books, movies, and historical events that will puzzle many twenty-first century readers. This edition includes a new section on reactions to Salingers death in January, 2010. Beidler provides some 250 explanations to help readers make sense of the culture through which Holden Caulfield stumbles as he comes of age. He provides a map showing the various stops in Holdens Manhattan odyssey. Of particular interest to readers whose native language is not English is his glossary of more than a hundred terms, phrases, and slang expressions. In his introductory essay, "Catching The Catcher in the Rye," Beidler discusses such topics as the three-day time line for the novel, the way the novel grew out of two earlier-published short stories, the extent to which the novel is autobiographical, what Holden looks like, and the reasons for the enduring appeal of the novel. The many photographs in the Readers Companion give fascinating glimpses into the world that Holden has made famous. Beidler also provides discussion of some of the issues that have engaged scholars down through the years: the meaning of Holdens red hunting hat, whether Holden writes his novel in an insane asylum, Mr. Antolinis troubling actions, and Holdens close relationship with his sister and his two brothers.

ISBN: 9781603810135