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Holden Caulfield (Major Literary Characters) by Bloom, Harold is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Holden Caulfield (Major Literary Characters) about?
The first section of this essay reprints short critical extracts from Holden Caulfield, including comparisons to such characters as Hamlet, David Copperfield, Huck Finn, and Jay Gatsby. The second section reprints full-length essays written over the last four decades. Donald P. Costello provides a detailed account of Holden's use of language, Jonathan Baumbach explores the saintly quality of Holden, and Duane Edwards demonstrates that Holden participates in the very phoniness he condemns.
Who reads Holden Caulfield (Major Literary Characters)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bloom, Harold
- Publisher
- Facts on File, Inc
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780791009536
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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