Josef Benson: 2 books
J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Since its publication in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye has been a cultural phenomenon, not only as an assigned text for English courses, but as a touchstone for generations of alienated youth. As the focus of recent major films and a successful off-Broadway play attest, J.D. Salinger and his novel...
Hypermasculinities in the Contemporary Novel
Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, and James Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This book examines exaggerated masculinities in select novels by James Baldwin, Cormac McCarthy, and Toni Morrison. Defined by violence, racism, sexism, and homophobia that originated on the American frontier and transformed into a definition of “ideal” masculinity, the protagonists in these postwar...