J D Salinger...?

Question

anyone know a good website where i can get info on how salingers life affected his work?

Answer 1

His isolation let his work stand by itself, allowing Catcher in the Rye to become a phenomenon on its own that can be interpretted freely without the author giving too much personal insight into his own work. Sometimes an author's celebrity overshadows his work (case in point: Oscar Wilde) but in the case of Salinger, his isolation allowed the work to overshadow him. Most artists and writers want their work to stand by itself, not to be the focus of the public. In this respect, Salinger accomplished the artistic dream. As a journalist once said, Salinger's isolation hightens the mystique of catcher in the Rye.
Read more about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger

Wikipedia should never be your official source, but it is a good place to look for ideas. Just make sure to look online for a second source if you have doubts about information that is presented.