MLA Citation:
Grunwald, Henry A. Salinger: A Critical and Personal Portrait. New York: Harper, 1962. Print.
First Paragraph:
“There is a feeling in many quarters that altogether too much fuss is being made about J. D. Salinger.”
from the Introduction, page ix
Summary:
Grunwold’s book was the major study to come out and at the height of the “Salinger Industry” It is a collection of essays by various authors. We are listing the table of contents below, a post will be forthcoming on each of the essays that will include more detailed analyses.
- The Invisible Man: A Biographical Collage
- The Good American – Arthur Mizener, David L. Stevenson
- Is ‘Cute’ the Word? – Alfred Kazin, John Updike, Leslie Fiedler
- Magician, Clubman, or Guru? – Seymour Krim, David Leitch, Joan Didion, Isa Kapp, George Steiner
- A Slight Case of incest – Maxwell Geismar, Frederick L. Gwynn, Joseph L. Blotner
- The Cures for Banana Fever – William Wiegand
- Sensitive Outside vs. Vulgarian – Ihab Hassan
- Between Miracle and Suicide – Josephine Jacobsen, Donald Barr, Dan Wakefield, Granville Hicks
- Holden and Huck: A Quest – Arthur Heiserman, James E. Miller, Jr., Edgar Branch
- Against the Cult of the Child – Leslie Fiedleer
- The Phonies – Martin Green, Christopher Parker
- Postscripts
- Appendix A – The Early Stories – Gwynn and Blotner
- Appendix B – The Language of The Catcher in the Rye – Donald P. Costello