About the Author

PETER G. BEIDLER is the Lucy G. Moses Distinguished Professor of English, emeritus, at Lehigh University. In a his long career, he has published more often in the Chaucer Review than any other scholar. He is the author of The Wife of Bath in the Bedford Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series, Masculinities in Chaucer, and some twenty other books on various literary and pedagogical subjects. He was a Fulbright professor at Sichuan University in mainland China and as the Robert Foster Cherry Professor at Baylor University in Texas. The winner of several teaching awards, he was named national Professor of the Year in 1983 by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation. He now lives in Seattle, Washington.

Reviews

"For those of us who have not read or taught The Catcher in the Rye for at least a decade or two, Peter G. Beidler's A Reader's Companion to J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye (second edition), offers the breadth and detail of a gripping, if not nostalgic, documentary about The Catcher and its maker. For those American students in the second millennium who are assigned this book in their high school or college English courses - or who will read it for the first time out of their own literary curiosity - Beidler's book will prove to be a time capsule that will illuminate the world of their grandfathers." - Joel Salzberg, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Colorado at Denver "With a clear presentation of copious facts and insights, accompanied by a wide array of photographs, Professor Beidler's indispensable book enhances the reader's understanding and appreciation of Salinger's landmark novel." --Bruce F. Mueller, co-author, Critical Companion to J. D. Salinger: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work (Facts on File, 2011)