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Buy New Essays on The Catcher in the Rye (The American Novel) by Jack Salzman (ISBN: 9780521374422) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.First published in 1951, Catcher in the Rye continues to be one of the most popular novels ever written as well as one of the most frequently banned books in the United States.This image of a bleak moral climate which destroys the soul is not only the keynote of J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye but of much that now seems representative of the general tone of American cultural commentary in the aftermath of World War Two, when the novel was conceived.
The Catcher in The Rye is an outstanding novel written by American author Jerome David Salinger in 1951. Of course, every pupil and student is familiar with this masterpiece. The Catcher in the Rye reveals the subject of teenager problems, views and thoughts. That’s why teachers and professors often tell their students read this novel.The Catcher in the Rye is published by the American author J. D Sallinger in 1951. The story is about a teenager Holden Caufield’s turbulent last few days before his Christmas vacation. During these days, Holden leaves Pency Prep, a boys’ school he has been kicked out of and takes off for a few nights alone in New York City.
The title of the novel refers to Holden’s desire to be a “catcher in the rye”—a line based on the poem by Robert Burns —i.e., he wants to be a preserver of innocence before it is lost to a world of phoniness, in which everyone is merely out for oneself and willing to sell out at any minute.
