Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters is a novella by J.D. Salinger that follows members of the Glass family during a wedding day marked by the conspicuous absence of the groom, Seymour Glass.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novella ⓘ |
| author | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | wedding day of Seymour Glass ⓘ |
| character |
Buddy Glass
NERFINISHED
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Muriel Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bridegroom’s Uncle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Deaf-Mute ⓘ The Matron of Honor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | members of the Glass family ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAllusionTo | Sappho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | short book ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Buddy Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Glass family
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marriage ⓘ mental health ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Buddy Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedCharacter | Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Buddy Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed portrayal of the Glass family
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exploration of Seymour Glass’s character through others’ perspectives ⓘ |
| originalAudience | readers of The New Yorker ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Seymour: An Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement | groom Seymour Glass is absent from his own wedding ⓘ |
| publicationDateInTheNewYorker | November 19, 1955 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Glass family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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individual vs. society ⓘ isolation ⓘ misunderstanding ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1942 ⓘ |
| titleSource | a poem by Sappho ⓘ |
| workByAuthor | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
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