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The Heart Of A Broken Story
“The Heart of a Broken Story” is a work of short fiction by J. D. Salinger published in the September 1941 issue of Esquire (magazine), Esquire . Plot The Narration , third-person narrator begins the story, involving a romantic encounter between its youthful protagonists, Justin Horgenschlag and Shirley Lester. When Justiin sees Shirley on a public bus, he instantly becomes infatuated with her, and begins his efforts to ask her for a date. The omniscient narrator breaks into the narrative at this point and speaks directly to the reader: he admits that he is struggling to proceed with the story. He admits that the premise of the story is trite. The narrator further makes pejorative remarks about the literary journal in which the narrative appears, disparaging its typical literary content. After offering a number of scenarios in an effort to construct a meaningful love story, he abandons the project. The narrator relegates the would-be couple to their former anonymity, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esquire (magazine)
''Esquire'' is an American men's magazine. Currently published in the United States by Hearst Communications, it also has more than 20 international editions. Founded in 1933, it flourished during the Great Depression and World War II under the guidance of founders Arnold Gingrich, David A. Smart and Henry L. Jackson while during the 1960s it pioneered the New Journalism movement. After a period of quick and drastic decline during the 1990s, the magazine revamped itself as a lifestyle-heavy publication under the direction of David M. Granger, David Granger. History ''Esquire'' was first issued in October 1933 as an offshoot of trade magazine ''GQ, Apparel Arts'' (which later became ''Gentleman's Quarterly''; ''Esquire'' and ''GQ'' would share ownership for almost 45 years). The magazine was first headquartered in Chicago and then, in New York City. It was founded and edited by David A. Smart, Henry L. Jackson and Arnold Gingrich. Jackson died in the crash of United Airlines Fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glass Family
The Glass family are a fictional family appearing in several of J. D. Salinger's short fictions. All but one of the Glass family stories were first published in ''The New Yorker''. They appear in the short story collections '' Nine Stories'', '' Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction'' and ''Franny and Zooey''. Members The Glass family, from eldest to youngest: *Les and Bessie Glass (née Gallagher): Retired vaudeville performers. Les is Australian (mentioned in "Hapworth 16, 1924") and Jewish, and is in the entertainment business. He is not mentioned often in the stories, but is criticized by Seymour in "Hapworth 16, 1924." Bessie, the matriarch, is Irish, and is characterized as consistently worried about the fact that her children are talented and yet largely unable to assimilate into society. They are the parents of the seven children: * Seymour Glass (February 1917 – March 18, 1948): The eldest, Seymour is featured in ''Raise High the Roof Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Short Stories
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian and British troops defeat I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twayne Publishers
Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, west of Detroit. It has been a division of Cengage since 2007. The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale Group, is active in research and educational publishing for public, academic, and school libraries, and businesses. The company is known for its full-text magazine and newspaper databases, Gale OneFile (formerly known as Infotrac), and other online databases subscribed by libraries, as well as multi-volume reference works, especially in the areas of religion, history, and social science. Founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954 by Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr., the company was acquired by the International Thomson Organization (later the Thomson Corporation) in 1985 before its 2007 sale to Cengage. History In 1998, Gale Research merged with Information Access Company and Primary Source Media, two companies also owned by Thomson, to form the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Weaver
Gordon A. Weaver (February 2, 1937 – April 2, 2021) was an American novelist and short story writer. Life and career Weaver was born in Moline, Illinois in February 1937, the fifth of the five children of Noble Rodell Weaver and Inez Katherine Nelson. His family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1941. He graduated from Wauwatosa High School in 1955. After three years service in the United States Army (1955–1958), he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1961, from the University of Illinois with an MA in 1962, and from the University of Denver with a Ph.D. in 1970. He taught at Siena College 1963-1965, Marietta College 1965-1968, University of Southern Mississippi 1970–1975, Oklahoma State University 1975–1995, Vermont College 1983-1989, and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 1996–2000. He was founding editor of the ''Mississippi Review'', fiction editor of ''Cimarron Review'' from 1975 to 1986, managing editor of the AWP ( Association of Writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. History Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' in the Anglophone world. ''Ulysses'' transformed Random House into a formidable publisher over the next two decades. In 1936, it absorbed the firm of Smith and Haas—Robert Haas became the third partner until retiring and selling his share back to Cerf and Klopfer in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon And Schuster
Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States, publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints. History Early years In 1924, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of ''New York World'' crossword puzzles, which were very popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.Frederick Lewis Allen, ''Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s'', p. 165. . At the time, Simon was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine. They pooled , equivalent to $ today, to start a company that published crossword puzzles. The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Salerno
Shane Salerno (born November 27, 1972) is an American screenwriter. His writing credits include the films '' Avatar: The Way of Water'', '' Armageddon'', '' Savages,'' ''Shaft'', and the TV series ''Hawaii Five-0''. Early life and education Shane Salerno was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1972. Salerno grew up in San Diego and was "a straight-laced conservative teen in a world of hippie adults." As a teen, Salerno produced and filmed ''Sundown: The Future of Children and Drugs,'' which he described as a "suburban ‘Boyz N the Hood." The film had its world premiere on Larry King Live in September 1991. Salerno produced 50 page packets for reporters who were interested in him and the film. TV and film Salerno apprenticed for a season on NYPD Blue. Around that time, he was able to sell a TV show and land a 3-year development deal. After a year of that, Salerno changed his focus to film, with a never produced adaptation of ''Thunder Below by'' Eugene B. Fluckey''.'' Steven Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
