The introduction to this volume charts the fortunes of The Great Gatsby from its mixed reception and disappointing sales on publication in 1925, through its increasing popularity in the 1940s, to its critical and popular elevation from the standing of an important 'period piece' to that of an undisputed classic of American literature. Of the five essays that follow, one traces this revival in greater detail, and another sets the book in the context of the perennial quest for the 'great American novel'. Two other essays examine the central from the perspective of a practising contemporary novelist.
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Four essays trace the revival of the popularity of this American classic; analyze it in the context of the perennial quest for the "great American novel" and examine the central themes of love, money, order and illusion in the novel. A final essay focuses on its unique style.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I think the book wasn't worth my precious time!!! :),
By A Customer
This review is from: New Essays on The Great Gatsby (The American Novel) (Paperback)
The book was boring and had no point exept showing how people back in the 1900's liked to party, drink,and DWI. The only thing good in this novel was when they all killed each other!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
IN his 1944 novel The Lost Weekend, Charles Jackson permits his protagonist, Don Birnam, to fall into the fantasy of lecturing to a literature class (the novel's time is roughly 1935): He took down The Great Gatsby and ran his finger over the fine green binding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
winter dreams, green breast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, West Egg, Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up, Tom Buchanan, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Jordan Baker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Huckleberry Finn, Sheilah Graham, The Waste Land, Fitzgerald Newsletter, Judy Jones, Myrtle Wilson, Random House, Bruccoli Clark, Ernest Hemingway, George Wilson, Horatio Alger, New Directions, Raymond Chandler New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
IN his 1944 novel The Lost Weekend, Charles Jackson permits his protagonist, Don Birnam, to fall into the fantasy of lecturing to a literature class (the novel's time is roughly 1935): He took down The Great Gatsby and ran his finger over the fine green binding. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
winter dreams, green breast Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, West Egg, Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up, Tom Buchanan, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Jordan Baker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Huckleberry Finn, Sheilah Graham, The Waste Land, Fitzgerald Newsletter, Judy Jones, Myrtle Wilson, Random House, Bruccoli Clark, Ernest Hemingway, George Wilson, Horatio Alger, New Directions, Raymond Chandler New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 100
books:
See all 100 books this book cites
7
books
cite this book:
See all 7 books citing this book
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald on 66 pages
- The Great Gatsby (Textplus) by Francis Scott Fitzgerald on 65 pages
- Great Gatsby (Penguin Longman Reader Level 5) by Fitzgerald F Scott on 65 pages
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald on 65 pages
- The Great Gatsby (Guided Reader) by F. Scott Fitzgerald on 12 pages
See all 100 books this book cites
- Great Gatsby and Modern Times by Ronald Berman on page 78, page 109, and page 131
- The Professions of Authorship: Essays in Honor of Matthew J. Bruccoli by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli on page 242
- Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby (Cliffs Notes) by Cliffs Notes in Back Matter
- Student Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald (Student Companions to Classic Writers) by Linda C. Pelzer in Back Matter
- American Carnival: Seeing and Reading American Culture (Contributions to the Study of American Literature) by Philip McGowan in Back Matter
See all 7 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
|
|
