J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

Jennifer McQuillan (Independent Scholar - North America)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1961

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel
Children's Literature
- Young Adult

Resources

Upon its publication in September, 1961, Franny and Zooey immediately shot to the number one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for twenty-six weeks. As it was his first novel-length work to be published following the phenomenal success of The Catcher in the Rye, and following his highly acclaimed short story collection Nine Stories (1953), readers and critics alike had high expectations, but early reception of the book vacillated between praise and scathing commentary. In the half century since its publication, Salinger’s slim body of work has been exalted, then shunned, and is now experiencing renewed interest with the news that some of his mysteriously shrouded works are …

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Citation: McQuillan, Jennifer . "Franny and Zooey". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 August 2014 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=5028, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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