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Depression in J.D. Salinger's The catcher in the rye
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Depression in J.D. Salinger's The catcher in the rye

Author: Dedria Bryfonski
Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, ©2009.
Series: Social issues in literature.
Edition/Format:   Book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Contemporary perspectives on depression. Provides background on the life of author J.D. Salinger and the influences that shaped his work, features twelve articles that explore depression as portrayed in his novel "The Catcher in the Rye," and examines issues of depression in the twenty-first century.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Depression in J.D. Salinger's The catcher in the rye.
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009
(OCoLC)762214836
Named Person: J D Salinger; J D Salinger
Material Type: Juvenile audience, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Dedria Bryfonski
ISBN: 9780737742565 0737742569 9780737742572 0737742577
OCLC Number: 237199409
Description: 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Chapter 1 : Background of J.D. Salinger. Life of J.D. Salinger / Warren French --
J.D. Salinger as a New York writer / David L. Stevenson --
Chapter 2 : Catcher in the Rye and depression. Holden Caulfield is disgusted by phoniness / Harrison Smith --
Holden Caulfield is searching for love / Arthur Heiserman and James E. Miller Jr. --
Holden Caulfield is searching for a father / Jonathan Baumbach --
Holden Caulfield is depressed by the world and by his own failings / Ihab Hassan --
Holden Caulfield suffers from unresolved sexual conflicts / Duane Edwards --
Holden Caulfield's problems are sexual / James Bryan --
Holden Caulfield is unable to cope with an adult world / Peter J. Seng --
Holden Caulfield is afraid of growing up and competing in an adult world / Joanne Irving --
Holden Caulfield is dealing with the expected psychological angst of adolescence / Peter Shaw --
Holden Caulfield is a teenage everyman / Robert Coles --
Holden Caulfield's problems are caused by capitalism / Carol Ohmann and Richard Ohmann --
Holden Caulfield's depression is caused by emotional, not political, factors / James E. Miller Jr. --
Chapter 3 : Contemporary perspectives on depression. Many risk factors can trigger depression / Bev Cobain --
An inability to communicate feelings puts teenage boys at risk of depression / Ellen McGrath --
Many children are not treated for their depression / Marianne D. Hurst --
Transition to high school increases the potential for depression / Barbara M. Newman, Philip R. Newman, Sarah Griffen, Kerry O'Connor, and Jayson Spas --
Young and depressed / Pat Wingert and Barbara Kantrowitz.
Series Title: Social issues in literature.
Responsibility: Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.
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Contemporary perspectives on depression. Provides background on the life of author J.D. Salinger and the influences that shaped his work, features twelve articles that explore depression as portrayed in his novel "The Catcher in the Rye," and examines issues of depression in the twenty-first century.

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