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J. D. Salinger referred to Lardner in two of his works, The Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey. In the former work, protagonist Holden Caulfield says: "My favorite author is my brother D.B. and my next favorite is Ring Lardner".
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Ring Lardner (1885–1933) is an American journalist and short-story writer whom J. D. Salinger admired. The alignment of Holden’s tastes with Salinger’s points to the semiautobiographical...
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Authors love making allusions to all sorts of stuff, and so does J. D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye. Learn all about them here.
Jul 3, 2024 · Holden's favorite authors in The Catcher in the Rye include his brother D.B., Ring Lardner, and Isak Dinesen. He also admires his sister Phoebe, his deceased brother Allie, and his former...
Had Ring Lardner and Ernest Hemingway never existed, Mr. Salinger might have had to invent the manner of his tale, if not the matter. The Catcher in the Rye repeats and repeats, like an incantation, the pseudo-natural cadences of a flat, colloquial prose which at best, banked down and understated, has a truly
Lardner's cultural impact continues, with J.D. Salinger's reference to Lardner in two of his works, The Catcher in the Rye, in which Holden Caulfield says, "My favourite author is my brother D.B. and my next favourite is Ring Lardner."
