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The Catcher in the Rye is a novel by American author J. D. Salinger that was partially published in serial form in 1945–46 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society.
The Catcher in the Rye (First ed.). Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-76953-3. Wolfe, Graham. (2012). “Doorways and Blank Spaces: Intertextual Connection in John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation.” Intertextual Exchanges in American Drama. Eds. Drew Eisenhauer and Brenda Murphy. Jefferson: McFarland. 217–231.
The Catcher in the Rye deeply influenced the 2017 biographical drama film Rebel in the Rye, which is about Salinger. It is a visual about his life, before and after World War II, and gives more about the author's life than the readers of The Catcher in the Rye learned from the novel. [32]
Holden Caulfield is the narrator and main character of The Catcher in the Rye.The novel recounts Holden's week in New York City during Christmas break, circa 1948/1949, following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a preparatory school in Pennsylvania based loosely on Salinger's alma mater Valley Forge Military Academy.
In the 2002 film The Good Girl, the character of Holden (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) adopts the name because of his admiration of The Catcher in the Rye. The anime TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex heavily references J. D. Salinger works including Catcher in the Rye, The Laughing Man and A Perfect Day for Banana Fish.
Igby Goes Down received positive critical reaction, with a 76% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus states: "In the vein of The Catcher in the Rye, Igby Goes Down is scathingly witty and sharply observant" [5] and a 72/100 on Metacritic. [6] Critics have compared aspects of the story to J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye ...
Tango is a drama written by Polish writer, dramatist and cartoonist Sławomir Mrożek (1930–2013). It is the playwright's longest work, [1] and was first published in the literary magazine Dialog (Dialogue) in 1964. In Poland, Tango was staged for the first time in Bydgoszcz in 1965. The drama has been translated into English, Italian ...
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Argentine Milonga, Spanish-Cuban Habanera, and Uruguayan Candombe celebrations. [1]