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Salinger, J(erome) D(avid) 1919–: Critical Essay by Arthur Heiserman and James E. Miller, Jr.

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It is clear that J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye belongs to an ancient and honorable narrative tradition, perhaps the most profound in western fiction. The tradition is the central pattern of the epic and has been enriched by every tongue; for not only is it in itself exciting but also it provides the artist a framework upon which he may hang almost any fabric of events and characters.

It is, of course, the tradition of the Quest. (p. 129)

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Salinger, J(erome) D(avid) 1919–: Critical Essay by Arthur Heiserman and James E. Miller, Jr. from Literature Criticism Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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