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Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger

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Author Biography

Name: J. D. Salinger
Variant Name: Jerome David Salinger
Birth Date: January 1, 1919
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of J(erome) D(avid) Salinger
8046 words, approx. 26.8 pages
Confronting another in an apparently unending series of collected essays about J. D. Salinger 's The Catcher in the Rye (1951), a British reviewer once asked with some asperity why nearly every American critic who wrote about the novel seemed compelled t...
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Biography of J. D. Salinger
6755 words, approx. 22.5 pages
Best known for his controversial novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), J. D. Salinger (born 1919) is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American fiction to emerge after World War II. Salinger's re...
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Biography of J. D. Salinger
6297 words, approx. 21 pages
The entire body of writing by which Jerome David Salinger wishes to be known is contained in four small books—one novel and thirteen short stories. All of these were published in the eleven and a half years between January 1948 and June 1959; and a...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Franny and Zooey Information
1,540 words, approx. 5 pages
Franny and Zooey is a 1961 pair of stories, published together in book form, by J. D. Salinger, the author best known for The Catcher in the Rye. Both stories take place in November 1955. The stories originally appeared in The New Yorker magazine and...


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Monarch Notes
Works of J.D. Salinger: Franny And Zooey
01/01/1963: 4,114 words, approx. 14 pages
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Franny And Zooey "Franny" Setting Forth The Struggles Of A "Pilgrim": Although the reader is introduced in the first pages to Lane Coutell, the real subject under scrutiny throughout this section of the novel is Franny herself-Franny looking deeply at herself...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Daniel Seitzman
7,235 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Seitzman provides a psychoanalytic reading of "Franny. "
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Critical Essay by James Lundquist
5,199 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following excerpt, Lundquist traces the emotional development of the main characters of Franny and Zooey.
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Critical Essay by Eberhard Alsen
4,124 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following essay, Alsen notes the similarities between Salinger's "Franny" and "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," and asserts that "Franny" signals a new direction for Salinger in terms of thematic and narrative techniques.
 
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Essay Grade: 96%
A Rare Moment of Optimism in J. D. Salinger
2,513 words, approx. 8 pages
Discussion of how Franny and Zooey differs from Salinger's other works in that it contains an essentially optimistic undertone about humanity.


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