英文书：The Catcher in the Rye 精装 32开277页

图书标准信息

• 作者 J. D. Salinger 著
• 出版社 Little Brown & Co
• ISBN 9780316769532
• 定价 242.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AnyonewhohasreadJ.D.Salinger'sNewYorkerstories?particularlyAPerfectDayforBananafish,UncleWiggilyinConnecticut,TheLaughingMan,andForEsme?WithLoveandSqualor,willnotbesurprisedbythefactthathisfirstnovelisfullyofchildren.Thehero-narratorofTHECATCHERINTHERYEisanancientchildofsixteen,anativeNewYorkernamedHoldenCaulfield.Throughcircumstancesthattendtoprecludeadult,secondhanddescription,heleaveshisprepschoolinPennsylvaniaandgoesundergroundinNewYorkCityforthreedays.Theboyhimselfisatoncetoosimpleandtoocomplexforustomakeanyfinalcommentabouthimorhisstory.PerhapsthesafestthingwecansayaboutHoldenisthathewasbornintheworldnotjuststronglyattractedtobeautybut,almost,hopelesslyimpaledonit.Therearemanyvoicesinthisnovel:children'svoices,adultvoices,undergroundvoices-butHolden'svoiceisthemosteloquentofall.Transcendinghisownvernacular,yetremainingmarvelouslyfaithfultoit,heissuesaperfectlyarticulatedcryofmixedpainandpleasure.However,likemostloversandclownsandpoetsofthehigherorders,hekeepsmostofthepainto,andfor,himself.Thepleasurehegivesaway,orsetsaside,withallhisheart.Itisthereforthereaderwhocanhandleittokeep.Salinger'sclassiccoming-of-agestoryportraysoneyoungman'sfunnyandpoignantexperienceswithlife,love,andsex.

【作者简介】

JDSalingerwasbornin1919.HegrewupinNewYorkCity,andwroteshortstoriesfromanearlyage,buthisbreakthroughcamein1948withthepublicationinTheNewYorkerof'APerfectDayforBananafish'.TheCatcherintheRyewashisfirstandonlynovel,publishedin1951.Itremainsoneofthemosttranslated,taughtandreprintedtexts,andhassoldsome65millioncopies.Itwasfollowedbythreeotherbooksofshortstoriesandnovellas,themostrecentofwhichwaspublishedin1963.HelivesinCornish,NewHampshire.--ThistextreferstoanalternateHardcoveredition.

【目录】

Introduction     7
Biographical Sketch     9
The Story Behind the Story     16
List of Characters     21
Summary and Analysis     25
Critical Views     43
Carl F. Strauch on The Complexity of Holden's Character     43
Robert M. Slabey on Christian Themes and Symbols     47
Jonathan Baumbach on Spirituality     50
John M. Howell on T.S. Eliot's Influence     54
Warren French on Holden's Search for Tranquility     60
Duane Edwards on Holden as the Unreliable Narrator     64
Gerald Rosen on the Relevance of Buddhism     69
Edwin Haviland Miller on Mourning Allie Caulfield     74
Christopher Brookeman on Cultural Codes at Pencey Prep     78
Sanford Pinsker on the Protagonist-Narrator     82
Paul Alexander on Inventing Holden Caulfield     86
Pamela Hunt Steinle on Holden as a Version of the American Adam     89
Matt Evertson on Holden Caulfield's Longing to Construct a New Home     94
Yasuhiro Takeuchi on the Carnivalesque     99
Works by J.D. Salinger     106
Annotated Bibliography     107
Contributors     117
Acknowledgments     120
Index     123