When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, t...
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, t...
TRIMALCHIO is a reconstruction of Fitzgerald's first attempt at writing THE GREAT GATSBY--the version that was eventually corrected and rewritten when the novel was in galleys.
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the Jazz Age, young Nick Carraway, fresh from the Midwest, comes to 1922 New York where, at a Long Island party, he becomes involved in the lives of Tom and Daisy Buchanan, a glamorous but unhappy couple. I...
This work studies THE GREAT GATSBY in the context of the pre-World War I American intellectual atmosphere. Berman illuminates the text by examining the philosophical trends of the age, including the ideas of William James and George Santaya...
In this study Richard Lehan argues that The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest American novels, crafted of rich symbolism and a narrative style that reflects the moral ambiguity of the 1920s period it depicts.
Fitzgerald's classic about the shallow existence of the idle rich is accompanied by biographical information on the author, critical reviews of the novel, and historical and social writings of the era. Bibliogs.
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