Revisiting Modern Writers In The Digital Era

The richness and the depth of digital resources nowadays is not only unimaginably (if compared to, let’s say, merely fifty years back into the past) and utterly dependable on, but also highly misleading if not carefully verified and double-checked against all already known and accepted references among critics. But once this step is cautiously and academically dealt with and checked on any researcher’s list, the digital abundance of information can open (virtual) door after (virtual) door, can hasten the research process dramatically and lead to new discoveries and paths. This article tries to identify how the digital era can help find new meanings and connections between a modern writer’s life and his literary career by taking the example of a very influential 20th century American writer: J. D. Salinger.