Bibliography

Starosciak, Kenneth. J. D. Salinger: A Thirty Year Bibliography, 1938-1968. St. Paul, Minn.: The Croixside Press, 1971, 63 p.

Lists Salinger's early uncollected stories and their places of publication.

Biography

Hamilton, Ian. In Search of J. D. Salinger. London: Heinemann, 1988, 222 p.

Biography that includes an account of Franny and Zooey's critical and commercial reception.

Criticism

Antico, John. "The Parody of J. D. Salinger: Esme and the Fat Lady Exposed." Modern Fiction Studies XII, No. 3 (Autumn 1966): 325-400.

Discusses Salinger's ironic intention in the stories "For Esme" and "Zooey" and the influence of Zen Buddhism on his fictional technique.

Baskett, Sam S. "The Splendid/Squalid World of J. D. Salinger." Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature 4, No. 1 (Winter 1963): 48-61.

Contends that "in the Glass family stories of the past several years [Salinger] has been constructing a complex edifice which is already of sufficient significance to deserve more than the casual and often condescending critical glances it has received."

Bradbury, Malcolm. "Franny and Zooey." Punch CCXLII, No. 6355 (27 June 1962): 989-90.

Offers a mixed review of Salinger's novella.

Bryan, James E. "J. D. Salinger: The Fat Lady and the Chicken Sandwich." College English 23, No. 3 (December 1961): 226-29.

Notes that Franny and Zooey serves as a useful guide to decipher Salinger's religious symbolism.

Galloway, David. "The Love Ethic." In The Absurd Hero in American Fiction: Updike, Styron, Bellow, Salinger, pp. 204-27. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1966.

Examines Salinger's idea of universal love in his novella.

Geismar, Maxwell. "The Wise Child and the New Yorker School of Fiction." In American Moderns: From Rebellion to Conformity, pp. 195-209. New York: Hill and Wang, 1958.

Maintains that Franny and Zooey, despite their occasional insights, are ultimately unsatisfying characters because of their pretension and lack of self-knowledge.

Green, Martin. "Franny and Zooey." In Reappraisals: Some Commonplace Readings in American Literature, pp. 197-210. London: Hugh Evelyn Ltd, 1963.

Contests the view that Salinger is unimportant because his subject matter and readers are adolescents.

Grunwald, Henry Anatole, ed. Salinger: A Critical and Personal Portrait. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962, 287 p.

Contains twenty-seven reprinted essays and excerpts offering biographical and critical material on Salinger and his works, including brief discussions of Franny and Zooey.

Hartt, J. N. "The Return of Moral Passion." The Yale Review: A National Quarterly LI, No. 2 (Winter 1962): 300-08.

Analyzes the role of dialogue in Salinger's novella.

Kazin, Alfred. "J. D. Salinger: 'Everybody's Favorite'." In Studies in J. D. Salinger: Reviews, Essays, and Critiques of The Catcher in the Rye and Other Fiction, edited by Marvin Laser and Norman Fruman, pp. 216-26. New York: The Odyssey Press, 1963.

In this essay, which was originally published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1961, Kazin examines the reasons for the popularity of Franny and Zooey.

Laser, Marvin, and Norman Fruman, eds. Studies in J. D. Salinger: Reviews, Essays, and Critiques of The Catcher in the Rye and Other Fiction. New York: The Odyssey Press, 1963, 272 p.

Includes thirty-eight reprinted essays and reviews of Salinger's fiction, including eight contemporary reviews on Franny and Zooey.

Mizener, Arthur. "The Love Song of J. D. Salinger." Harper's Magazine 218, No. 1305 (February 1959): 83-90.

Lauds Salinger's skill in depicting credible and poignant family relationships.

Phillips, Paul. "Salinger's Franny and Zooey." Mainstream 15, No. 1 (January 1962): 32-9.

Explores Salinger's artistic limitations, particularly the narrowness of his vision.

Seitzman, Daniel. "Therapy and Antitherapy in Salinger's 'Zooey'." American Imago 25, No. 2 (Summer 1968): 140-62.

Perceives Zooey as a therapist who effects his own cure in the process of healing his sister, Franny.

Wenke, John. J. D. Salinger: A Study of the Short Fiction. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991, 177 p.

Book-length study of Salinger's short stories, including the novella Franny and Zooey.

Additional coverage of Salinger's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale Research: Authors and Artists for Young Adults; Children's Literature Review, Vol. 18; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1941-1968; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 5-8R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Seríes, Vol. 39; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 3, 8, 12, 55, 56; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 102, 173; Discovering Authors; Discovering Authors: British; Discovering Authors: Canadian; Discovering Authors: Most-Studied Authors Module; Discovering Authors: Popular Fiction and Genre Authors Module; Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults; Major 20th-century Writers; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 2; Something About the Author, Vol. 67; and World Literature Criticism.