Jonathan Baumbach, "The Saint as a Young Man: A Reappraisal of The Catcher in the Rye,"' in Modern Language Quarterly, Vol 25, no. 4, December, 1964, pp 461-72.
This defense of The Catcher in the Rye valorizes Holden's childlike innocence as a form of saintly Idealism.
Harold Bloom, "Introduction," in Major Literary Characters, edited by Harold Bloom, Chelsea House, 1996, pp. 1 4.
A general analysis of the character Holden Caulfield which situates him relative to other literary figures
Donald P. Costeno, "The Language of The Catcher in the Rye," in American Speech, Vol. 34, no. 3, October, 1959, pp.I72-81.
An analysis of how Salinger's use of language realistically portrays American teenage slang during the 1950s
Duane Edwards, "Holden Caulfield: Don't Ever Tell Anybody Anything," in English Literary History, Vol.....
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