Allen Stockett
English 102
Research Paper Assignment
There are many resources through the library and the Internet to do your
research on literary criticism of "Catcher in the Rye"and information on
J.D. Salinger. Here are just a few suggestions:
Books: Top
Most of the books on Literature are in the P section of the library.
Do a subject search using the
CCBC Dundalk Library Catalog to find books on your topic. Use the
index or table of contents in the books to narrow your search. (Hint-
Use the author as a subject search. Ex: Salinger) . You can also try a
keyword search Ex: Salinger and criticism.)
Suggested Books and Reference Material:
American Writers A Collection Of Literary Biographies Ref.PS 129.A55
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref. PN 771.C59
Contemporary Literary Criticism Cumulative Title Index Ref. PN 771
.C59 index
Dictionary Of Literary Biography Ref. PS 221 .D5 (several volumes on
Salinger)
Novels for Students Ref PN 3365.N6
World Literature Criticism Ref. PN523.W67
Contemporary Authors Ref. Z 1224 .C62
J. D. Salinger
/ by James E. Miller, Jr. PS3537 .A426 Z75
J. D. Salinger
/ by Warren French. PS3537 .A426 Z6 1976
Masterplots II. American fiction series / edited by Frank N. Magill.
REF. PN846 .M37
Information and Reviews for Catcher in the Rye by Gale
Publications:
The Catcher in the Rye Contemporary Literary Criticism,
volume(s) 1:295-99; 3:444-45; 8:464-65; 12:496-97, 502, 505, 514,
516-18; 56:319-65; 138:172-76, 180, 182-86, 192-98, 200, 202-04, 206,
213-17, 224-37 Children's Literature Review, volume(s) 18:171-94 World
Literature Criticism, volume(s) 5:3015, 3019, 3022, 3024, 3028-29, 3032
Novels for Students, volume(s) 1:116-27 Reference Guide to American
Literature (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 4:978-79
Exploring Novels, volume(s) Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young
Adults, volume(s) 1:199-208 Literature and Its Times, volume(s) 4:73-8
Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Analyses, volume(s) 2:703-07
Works by the author: * Published writings included novels,
short stories and contributions to periodicals.
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"Hapworth 16, 1924"
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"Seymour: An Introduction"
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"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes"
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"Teddy"
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"Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut"
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"This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise"
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*The Catcher in the Rye
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"Varioni Brothers"
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"Down at the Dinghy"
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"The Young Folks"
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*Franny and Zooey
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"Zooey"
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"I'm Crazy"
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"De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period"
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"The Inverted Forest"
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"For Esmé-with Love and Squalor"
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"The Laughing Man"
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"Franny"
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*Nine Stories
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"Just Before the War with the Eskimos"
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"A Perfect Day for Bananafish"
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"Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters"
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*Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour:
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*The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of JD Salinger
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Biographical Information from Bartle.com. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001:
(Jerome David Salinger) (sl´njr) (KEY) , 1919–, American novelist and
short-story writer, b. New York City. Salinger depicts the loneliness
and frustration of individuals caught in a world of banalities and
restricting conformity. His best-known work, The Catcher in the Rye
(1951), is a picaresque novel that describes the adventures of a
schoolboy at odds with society. It remains an extremely popular novel
among adolescents, who view it as a testament to the purity and honesty
of youth. Many of his short stories concern the Glass family, presented
by Salinger as overly sensitive people in a materialistic world. In
1965, Salinger retreated from public life, winning an injunction in 1987
against a researcher who intended to publish excerpts of his letters.
Collections of his stories, most of which first appeared in the New
Yorker magazine, include Nine Stories (1953), Franny and Zooey (1961),
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1963), and Seymour, An
Introduction (1963).
Magazine, Journals, & Newspapers:
Top
Article from Gale Literature Resource
Center:
Kings in the Back Row: Meaning through Structure-A Reading of Salinger's `The
Catcher in the Rye'
Research Tips :Top
How to Do Research - helpful link on research
How
to Write a Research Paper - From OCLC Hot Topics - June 5, 2002
Citing Sources -Make sure you use the correct citation for your research
material.
MLA Style from University of British Columbia Library
Plagiarism - Make sure you do not plagiarize
Web Resources: Top
Use Evaluative Web Guides, such as
Librarian's Index to the Internet ,to find web sites on a general topic.
The Resource Discovery Network has a "teach yourself" tutorial. There is
one on English
that will give you some suggested web sites.
Use Search Engines , such as
Google to focus your search for web sites.To get better results connect
your terms with the Boolean term "and" (ex:criticism
and Salinger,) or put quotes around a phrase (ex:"Catcher in the
Rye".)
Performing Precise Searches on web searching
Evaluate:
Evaluate your material for its relevance and
authenticity. See evaluation criteria for web
sites.
Suggested Web Sites: Top
Many of these sites were from the Librarians' Index to the Internet
Online Literary Criticism Collection on J. D. Salinger
Sites about The Catcher in the Rye from Internet Public Library
Literary Criticism Page
Study Guides & Other Web Sites on Catcher in the Rye:
Classic Note on The Catcher in the Rye
The
Catcher in the Rye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catcher in
the Rye - Study Guide
Catcher in
the Rye: Another Study Guide
SparkNotes: The Catcher
in the Rye
Catcher in the
Rye by JD Salinger - A Homework Online Study Guide A discussion of
Catcher in the Rye. Includes plot summary, character analysis, themes,
quotes, and a forum.
English Literature Web Sites:
Voice of the Shuttle most
comprehensive gateway for English
Humbul Humanities Hub provides a
series of 'hubs', or catalogues of online resources
Literary Index provides both an overview and a review of the more
significant collections of Internet literary resources of interest to
scholars, students, and lovers of literature.
Project MUSE allows you to search the
contents of the article if school subscribes.
