Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction is a pair of interconnected novellas by J. D. Salinger that delve into the lives and psychology of the Glass family, particularly focusing on the enigmatic character Seymour Glass.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
novella collection ⓘ
author J. D. Salinger ⓘ
containsWork Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters ⓘ
Seymour: An Introduction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresFamily Glass family ⓘ
linked to: Glass
firstPublicationForm magazine serialization ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The New Yorker ⓘ
follows Nine Stories ⓘ
form interconnected novellas ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
novella ⓘ
hasCharacter Buddy Glass ⓘ
Glass family members ⓘ
Muriel Glass ⓘ
Seymour Glass ⓘ
hasNarrativeStyle first-person narration ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ
intellectual and spiritual precocity ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postwar American literature ⓘ
literarySeries Glass family saga ⓘ
mainCharacter Seymour Glass ⓘ
narrator Buddy Glass ⓘ
notableFor detailed psychological portrait of Seymour Glass ⓘ
exploration of mysticism and Eastern philosophy ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
publicationYear 1963 ⓘ
publisher Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
relatedWork Franny and Zooey ⓘ
Hapworth 16, 1924 ⓘ
Nine Stories ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
subject family relationships ⓘ
grief ⓘ
memory ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted World War II era ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ

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Franny and Zooey → followedBy → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction ⓘ
Buddy Glass → appearsIn → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction ⓘ
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters → collectedIn → Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction ⓘ
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