De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period

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"De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period" is a short story by J.D. Salinger that follows a young, self-important artist’s comic and poignant experiences while teaching at a correspondence art school in Montreal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
work of fiction
author J. D. Salinger
collectionPublicationYear 1953
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresMotif Catholic imagery
art instruction
firstPublicationYear 1953
firstPublishedIn World Review
form prose
genre literary fiction
short story fiction
hasCharacter Jean de Daumier-Smith
Madame Daumier-Smith
R. H. T. Smith
Yamamoto sisters
hasCriticalReception widely studied in Salinger scholarship
hasNarrativeDevice retrospective narration
unreliable narrator
hasSubject artistic ambition
correspondence art school
identity construction
includedIn Nine Stories
isPartOfCycle Salinger’s postwar short stories
language English
length short fiction
literaryMovement postwar American literature
mainTheme art and authenticity
isolation
self-deception
spiritual awakening
narrativePerspective first-person narration
originalMedium print
partOf J. D. Salinger bibliography
periodOfStory 20th century
protagonist Jean de Daumier-Smith
protagonistOccupation artist
protagonistRole correspondence art teacher
publisherOfCollection Little, Brown and Company
settingCountry Canada
settingLocation Montreal
targetAudience adult readers
titleAlludesTo Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period
tone comic
poignant

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Nine Stories hasStory De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period