CRITICISM

Alsen, Eberhard. “The Role of Vedanta Hinduism in Salinger's Seymour Novel.” Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature XXXIII, No. 2 （Winter 1981）: 99-116.

Examines the significance of Vedantic themes and allusions in Salinger's Glass family stories.

———. Salinger's Glass Stories as a Composite Novel. Troy, NY: Whitston Publishing Company, 1983.

Provides analysis of the characters, plot, narrative structure, and unifying spiritual themes of Salinger's Glass family saga.

Antico, John. “The Parody of J. D. Salinger: Esmé and the Fat Lady Exposed.” Modern Fiction Studies XII, No. 3 （Autumn 1966）: 325-40.

Examines Salinger's use of Zen philosophy in “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor” and “Zooey” to suggest the irony and absurdity of his art and critics.

Bryan, James. “A Reading of Salinger's ‘Teddy.’” American Literature XXXX （1968）: 352-69.

Provides analysis of the major themes, narrative structure, and Eastern religious concepts in “Teddy.”

Burke, Fidelian. “Salinger's ‘Esmé’: Some Matters of Balance.” Modern Fiction Studies XII, No. 3 （Autumn 1966）: 341-47.

Discusses the unifying significance of characterization, narrative structure, and authorial voice in “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor.”

Howell, John M. “Salinger in the Waste Land.” Modern Fiction Studies XII, No. 3 （Autumn 1966）: 367-75.

Examines metaphorical allusions to T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land in Salinger's fiction, particularly The Catcher in the Rye.

O'Connor, Dennis L. “J. D. Salinger's Religious Pluralism: The Example of ‘Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters.’” Southern Review 20, No. 2 （April 1984）: 316-32.

Discusses elements of Buddhist, Taoist, and Christian religious thought in “Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters.”

Whitfield, Stephen J. “Cherished and Cursed: Toward a Social History of The Catcher in the Rye.” New England Quarterly LXX, No. 4 （December 1977）: 567-600.

Provides an overview of critical and popular reaction to The Catcher in the Rye, drawing attention to its literary, social, and political contexts in postwar America.

Additional coverage of Salinger's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 2; Children's Literature Review, Vol. 18; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1941-1968; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 39; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 102, 173; DISCovering Authors 3.0; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British; DISCovering Authors: Canadian; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-Studied, Novelists, Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults; Major 20th-Century Writers, Vols. 1, 2; Novels for Students, Vol. 1; Short Story Criticism, Vols. 2, 28; Something about the Author, Vol. 67; and World Literature Criticism.