Bloom's major literary characters

Contains an series of essays that examine the literary character Satan, from its advent as a term in Hebrew Bible, and traces its development through the major works of Marlowe, Hawthorne, and Twain, and discusses the role the character take outside of literature. 'Includes character profile, bibliography, and index.

A collection of essays which explore Mark Twain's character Hucklebery Finn, his critical moral dilemma, and subsequent growth.

Contains essays in which the authors analyze the character of King Arthur as he appears in the writings of T. H. White, Sir Thomas Malory, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and others.

Analyzes the work of George F. Babbitt, focusing on his satirical look at the less-than-ideal side of a middle-class community in post-World War I.

Contains a collection of eleven essays that analyze the character of Nick Adams, who appeared in over a dozen short stories by Ernest Hemingway.

Contains essays in which the authors present critical analyses of the character of Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter, " and consider her interaction with and influence on the novel's other characters.

Analyzes the character of Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", discussing his flaws, motivations, impulses, and symbolism.

A collection of essays which analyze the character of Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's novel, discussing literary allusions used by Shelley when describing the monster, comparing Frankenstein to other heros from the era, and analyzing the work from a feminist perspective.

Contains a collection of essays that examine the literary character, Willy Loman, from Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" and includes a discussion of how Loman's character is used as short hand for a variety of American experiences in politics, business, and sociology.

Presents eleven essays spanning 1909-1998 on Shakespeare's ebullient, hard-drinking character Falstaff, covering such topics and themes as his rejection by Henry, his language, his roles, the "carnivalesque," and mortality.