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On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

“The first experience of literary love tends, like the first experience of erotic love, to come in youth.”

By Mark Edmundson | April 9, 2021

Catcher in the Rye:
A Love Letter">Dear <emCatcher in the Rye:
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Catcher in the Rye:
A Love Letter">Dear Catcher in the Rye:
A Love Letter

Mary O’Connell on Her Favorite Book and Its Conflicted Legacy

By Mary O'Connell | August 21, 2020

Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

Holden Caulfield: Egotistical Whiner or Melancholy Boy Genius?

From Jesus-Figure to Incestuous Impulses, 13 Critics Weigh In

By Emily Temple | July 2, 2018

Breaking Up with Holden Caulfield

Breaking Up with Holden Caulfield

The Catcher in the Rye as an Adult">On Revisiting The Catcher in the Rye as an Adult

By Alison Currie | November 5, 2015

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