De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period

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"De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period" is a short story by J.D. Salinger that follows a young, self-important artist’s comic and poignant experiences while teaching at a correspondence art school in Montreal.

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instanceOf short story ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1953 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresMotif Catholic imagery ⓘ
art instruction ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1953 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn World Review ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short story fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Jean de Daumier-Smith ⓘ
Madame Daumier-Smith ⓘ
R. H. T. Smith ⓘ
Yamamoto sisters ⓘ
hasCriticalReception widely studied in Salinger scholarship ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice retrospective narration ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ
hasSubject artistic ambition ⓘ
correspondence art school ⓘ
identity construction ⓘ
includedIn Nine Stories ⓘ
isPartOfCycle Salinger’s postwar short stories ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length short fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar American literature ⓘ
mainTheme art and authenticity ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
self-deception ⓘ
spiritual awakening ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partOf J. D. Salinger bibliography ⓘ
periodOfStory 20th century ⓘ
protagonist Jean de Daumier-Smith ⓘ
protagonistOccupation artist ⓘ
protagonistRole correspondence art teacher ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
settingCountry Canada ⓘ
settingLocation Montreal ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
titleAlludesTo Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
poignant ⓘ

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