An edition of In cold fear (2000)
In cold fear
the Catcher in the rye censorship controversies and postwar American character
By Pamela Hunt Steinle
Publish Date
2000
Publisher
Ohio State University Press
Language
eng
Pages
238
Description:
"In Cold Fear examines the censorship controversies over J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye as a cultural debate occurring across America, from 1954 to the present day. Catcher presents a narrative in which adolescent embrace of American ideals of individualism and egalitarianism lead to criticism and rejection of dominant postwar social practices - a narrative as threatening to some adults as it is heartening to others. Attempts to remove Catcher from high schools as an "un-American" text have generated continuous and extensive controversy, distinguishing it as one of the most frequently taught postwar novels - and the most frequently censored."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Teenage boys in literature, American National characteristics, Runaway teenagers in literature, Censorship, Holden Caulfield (Fictitious character), Literature and the war, Cold War in literature, History, Salinger, j. d. (jerome david), 1919-2010, Caulfield, holden (fictitious character), World war, 1939-1945, literature and the war, Youth in literature, Cold war
People: J. D. Salinger (1919-)
Places: United States
Times: 20th century