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Bloom, Harold. Bloom’s Guides: J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Infobase, 2009.
Keywords: Alienation, Allie’s death, Depression, Disillusionment, Hypocrisy, Innocense, Loneliness, Loss, Maturation, Mental illness, Mr. Antolini, Phoebe, Phoniness, Preparatory school life, Religion, Relationships with women, Red hunting hat, Allie’s baseball mitt, The Carrousel’s Gold Ring.
Bloom, Harold. Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Infobase, 2009.
Keywords: Alienation, Allie’s death, Mr. Antolini, Phoebe, Preparatory school life, Relationships, Religion, Sibling protection, Museum of Natural History, Allie’s baseball mitt, Radio City Music Hall.
Bloom, Harold. Modern Critical Views: J.D. Salinger. New York: Chelsea House, 1987.
Keywords: Alienation, Allie’s death, Disillusionment, Loneliness, Mr. Antolini, Outsider, Phoebe, Phoniness, Religion, Spiritual rebel (Holden conflicted about Christianity), Sibling protection, Symbolism.
Bryfonski, Dedria. Depression in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven, 2009.
Keywords: Adolescence, Adversity, Alienation, Allie’s death, Conformity, Criticism of society, Deceitfulness, Depression, Disillusionment, Fear of growing up, Adults, Compassion, Hypocrisy, Inadaptability, Innocense, Loneliness, Loss, Maturation, Mental illness, Mr. Antolini, Outsider, Parents, Phoebe, Phoniness, Relationships, Religion, Repression, Sibling protection, Symbolism, Red hunting hat, Museum of Natural History, The Carrousel’s Gold Ring, Truth vs perception.
Kerr, Christine. Bloom’s How to Write About J.D. Salinger. New York: Infobase, 2008.
Keywords: Allie’s death, Deceitfulness, Hypocrisy, Innocence, Mental illness, Outsider, Phoebe, Religion, Museum of Natural History, Ducks in the pond, The Carrousel’s Gold Ring, Violence and Death, New York City, Religion, Holden’s voice, Telephone calls, Stradlater, Holden’s girlfriends.
Laser, Marvin and Norman Fruman, ed. Studies in J.D. Salinger: Reviews, Essays, and Critiques of The Catcher in the Rye and Other Fiction. New York: Odyssey Press, 1963.
Keywords:
IV: adolescence, adults, conformity, criticism of society, deceitfulness, Holden’s thoughts, irony, phoniness, religion, truth and reality.
VI: disillusionment, innocense.
VII: hypocrisy, phoniness, telephone calls.
X: New York City, parents, preparatory school, relationships, Stradlater.
XI: relationships with women.
XII: religion.
XIII: compassion.
XVIII: phoniness.
XIX: cowardess, irony, mental illness, Phoebe, relationships, Stradlater, symbolism.
XXI: Allie’s death, adolescence, conformity, innocense, loneliness, outsider.
Marsden, Malcolm M. If You Really Want to Know: A Catcher Casebook. USA: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1963.
Keywords:
Kegel (25): phoniness, telephone calls.
Fowler (34): alienation, criticism of society, fear of growing up, adolescence.
Geismar (42): Stradlater, relationships.
Gwynn (45): religion.
Wakefield (52): phoniness
Jacobs (55): compassion, innocense, telephone calls, phoniness, criticism of society, inadaptability, fear of growing up, mental illness, adults, disillusionment.
Jeng (73): Mr. Antolini, adolescence.
Davis (95): compassion.
Light (98): Ducks in the Pond.
Strauch (99): symbolism, irony, criticism of society, mental illness, Stradlater, relationships with women, Allie’s death, phoniness, Phoebe, depression, loss, cowardice, Museum of Natural History, telephone calls.
Pinsker, Sanford. The Catcher in the Rye: Innocence Under Pressure. New York: Twayne, 1993.
Keywords:
Chapter 4: loneliness, Preparatory schools, violence, phoniness, red hunting hat, Stradlater, relationships with women, conformity, fear of growing up, innocense, maturation, religion.
Chapter 5: depression, mental illness, relationships with women, loneliness, deceitfulness, loss, New York City, phoniness, compassion, innocense, irony, symbolism, religion.
Chapter 6: relationships with women, phoniness, religion, Phoebe, innocense, Preparatory schools, self-discipline, Mr. Antolini, maturation, carrousel.
Chapter 7: New York City (Manhatten), Phoebe, carrousel, religion, symbolism, mental illness.
Pinsker, Sanford and Ann. Understanding The Catcher in the Rye. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
Keywords: Adolescent problems, Allie’s death, Child-maturity, Conformity, Fear of growing up, Innocense, Irony, Loneliness, Loss, Maturation, Outsider, Phoniness, Preparatory school life, Ducks in the pond.
