“Framing” The Book

In my recent post on Irwin Shaw’s WW2 classic, The Young Lions, I talked about how the purpose of a title, generally speaking, is to “frame” a book for readers, with the (again general) purpose of serving as a “key” to understanding.

My point with regard to The Young Lions was that I don’t believe the title does frame the book in that way, which either means there is no rule after all, or that this book is one of the exceptions that highlights (if not ‘proves’) the general thesis.