The high point of Salinger's art: "For Esmé
Part II. The long debut: the apprentice period (1940-1948)
The lonely girl characterizations
The destroyed artist melodramas
The marriage in wartime group
Part III. All his f-a-c-u-l-t-i-e-s intact: the classic period (1948-1951)
"A perfect day for bananafish: (1948) "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" (1948)
"Just before the war with the Eskimos" (1948)
"Down at the dinghy" (1949)
The catcher in the rye (1951)
Part IV. Seen through the Glass family, darkly: religion through satire
"De Daumier-Smith's blue period: (1953)
Zen Buddhism and the Glass menagerie
"Raise high the roof beam, carpenters" (1955)
V. Conclusion: the way of a pilgrim.
