American Adolescence: J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" and Bret Easton Ellis' "Less Than Zero"

by Christopher Gohn and Christopher Göhn

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: American Literature thematizing youth, adolescence and initiation draws on a long tradition reaching back to the 18th century, including writers like Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Henry James and William Faulkner. After the Second World War, the American novel of adolescence flourished...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3640445503
• ISBN13: 9783640445509
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"