The Catcher in the Rye

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American novel bildungsroman coming-of-age novel novel

The Catcher in the Rye is a landmark mid-20th-century American novel by J.D. Salinger that follows disaffected teenager Holden Caulfield as he wanders New York City, exploring themes of alienation, innocence, and rebellion.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American novel → bildungsroman → coming-of-age novel → novel →
adaptedToStage	true →
author	J. D. Salinger →
character	Ackley → Allie Caulfield → D. B. Caulfield → Mr. Antolini → Phoebe Caulfield → Sally Hayes → Stradlater →
consideredClassic	true →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
filmAdaptationStatus	no authorized feature film adaptation →
firstPublishedIn	1951 →
frequentlyChallengedInSchools	true →
genre	literary fiction → realist novel →
hasCensorshipHistory	true →
influenced	counterculture of the 1960s → young adult literature →
libraryOfCongressClassification	PS3537.A426 C3 →
literaryMovement	postwar American literature →
mainCharacter	Holden Caulfield →
narrativePointOfView	first-person →
narrator	Holden Caulfield →
notableFor	colloquial language → portrayal of teenage angst → stream-of-consciousness narration →
OCLCNumber	287628 →
originalLanguage	English →
pageCountFirstEdition	277 →
publicationDate	1951-07-16 →
publisher	Little, Brown and Company →
setInCountry	United States →
setInLocation	New York City →
theme	adolescence → alienation → depression → grief → identity → loss of innocence → phoniness of adult society → rebellion →
timePeriodOfSetting	late 1940s →
titleOrigin	Robert Burns poem "Comin' Thro' the Rye" →

Referenced by (24)

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Ackley → Holden Caulfield → Stradlater →	firstAppearance
Allie Caulfield → D. B. Caulfield ("The Catcher in the Rye (1951)") →	firstPublicationAppearance
Allie Caulfield →	fictionalUniverse
Mr. Antolini ("The Catcher in the Rye (1951 novel)") →	firstPublicationContext
American literature →	hasNotableWork
Comin' Thro' the Rye ("Coming Through the Rye") →	hasTitleVariant
Time 100 best English-language novels list →	hasWork
Comin' Thro' the Rye →	influenced
Comin' Thro' the Rye →	inspiredTitleOf
Random House →	notablePublication
J. D. Salinger →	notableWork
Little, Brown and Company →	notableWorkPublished
Comin' Thro' the Rye →	referencedIn