Table of Contents
Salinger's characterizations / Alfred Chester -- Holden as a secular saint / Jonathan Baumbach -- Puritanical criticisms of the novel / Robert P. Moore -- Holden's idealism as the novel's strength / Bernard C. Kinnick -- The flaws in Holden's character / Duane Edwards -- Holden poised between childhood and adulthood / Kerry McSweeney -- Holden's actions and Allie's death / Edwin Haviland Miller -- The novel and the Cold War / Alan Nadel -- Holden and contemporary sociology / Warren French -- Holden's self-inflicted wounds / Joyce Rowe -- The ending of the novel / Sanford Pinsker -- Works by J. D. Salinger -- Works about J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye.