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
instanceOf novella
author J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED
centralEvent wedding day of Seymour Glass
character Buddy Glass NERFINISHED
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
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1955
firstPublishedIn The New Yorker NERFINISHED
follows members of the Glass family
genre literary fiction
psychological fiction
hasAllusionTo Sappho NERFINISHED
hasFormat short book
hasProtagonist Buddy Glass NERFINISHED
hasSubject Glass family NERFINISHED
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
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
individual vs. society
isolation
misunderstanding
spirituality
timePeriod 1942
titleSource a poem by Sappho
workByAuthor J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED

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