The Catcher in the Rye: Innocence Under Pressure (Twayne's Masterwork Studies) (Hardcover)

by Sanford Pinsker (Author)

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Product Description
Series Editor: Robert Lecker, McGill University

Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature. Each volume:

• Illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text
• Uses clear, conversational language
• Is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages
• Includes a chronology of the author's life and era
• Provides an overview of the historical context
• Offers a summary of its critical reception
• Lists primary and secondary sources and index

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 107 pages
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805779787
• ISBN-13: 978-0805779783
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,977,474 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars if you want to know why this is great you will have to read, August 22, 1998

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This review is from: The Catcher in the Rye: Innocence Under Pressure (Masterwork Studies: No. 114) (Hardcover)

this is an amazing anti-depressant. on the one hand it is the story of this really sad and depressed guy with a warped attitude in life, yet it is his innocence masked by his arrogance that is so touching. it is about this simple man with simple dreams and simple frustrations...someone like any of us! it is this simplicity that is so beautifully extraordinary. well the most emotional scene is when he breaks phoebe's cassette...i almost cried. the author is so powerful when it comes to playing with words and situations that a simple cassette breaking can bring tears to one's eyes. hats off.