Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters

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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters is a novella by J.D. Salinger that follows members of the Glass family during a wedding day marked by the conspicuous absence of the groom, Seymour Glass.

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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters canonical 7

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instanceOf novella ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger ⓘ
centralEvent wedding day of Seymour Glass ⓘ
character Buddy Glass ⓘ
Muriel Glass ⓘ
Seymour Glass ⓘ
The Bridegroom’s Uncle ⓘ
The Deaf-Mute ⓘ
The Matron of Honor ⓘ
collectedIn Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1963 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1955 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The New Yorker ⓘ
follows members of the Glass family ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasAllusionTo Sappho ⓘ
hasFormat short book ⓘ
hasProtagonist Buddy Glass ⓘ
hasSubject Glass family ⓘ
linked to: Glass family cycle

marriage ⓘ
mental health ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Buddy Glass ⓘ
mentionedCharacter Seymour Glass ⓘ
narrationType first-person narration ⓘ
narrator Buddy Glass ⓘ
notableFor detailed portrayal of the Glass family ⓘ
exploration of Seymour Glass’s character through others’ perspectives ⓘ
originalAudience readers of The New Yorker ⓘ
pairedWith Seymour: An Introduction ⓘ
partOf Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction ⓘ
plotElement groom Seymour Glass is absent from his own wedding ⓘ
publicationDateInTheNewYorker November 19, 1955 ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
series Glass family ⓘ
linked to: Glass family cycle
setting New York City ⓘ
theme family relationships ⓘ
individual vs. society ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
misunderstanding ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
timePeriod 1942 ⓘ
titleSource a poem by Sappho ⓘ
workByAuthor J. D. Salinger ⓘ

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Seymour Glass → appearsIn → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters ⓘ
Bessie Glass → appearsInWork → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters ⓘ
Les Glass → appearsIn → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters ⓘ
Buddy Glass → narratorOf → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters ⓘ
Glass family saga → includesWork → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters ⓘ
Seymour: An Introduction → relatedWork → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters ⓘ