The Great Gatsby (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) [Hardcover]

F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Harold Bloom (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations | Publication Date: October 2003

Self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby epitomizes the decadence of the 1920s Jazz Age in this tale of rise and decline, told with detached curiosity by his neighbor and confidante Nick Carraway.

The title, Ernest Hemingway’s The Great Gatsby, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Ernest Hemingway’s The Great Gatsby through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Ernest Hemingway, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079107577X
• ISBN-13: 978-0791075777
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #975,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, August 22, 2008

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Anna del C. Dye "Imagine the imaginable, with... (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Gatsby (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) (Hardcover)

This is a master piece in literature and should be read not only by student but everyone who enjoy a good written book. It is richly set in the jazz era and portraits the life and shallowness of Gatsby the main character. An impossible love and the empty life he lives in pursue of this undeserving girl. A great work of art.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic!, August 21, 2008

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This review is from: The Great Gatsby (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) (Hardcover)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's timeless classic is evocative, stirring and unsettling. I had not read this book in thirty years and decided to re-read it while looking for another book at the library. I can now understand why leading experts believe this is one of the best if not the best American novel in the last one hundred years. It has it all: lost love, class struggle, deceit, betrayal and murder. Fitzgerald's descriptive prose is exquisite. His imagery shines every step of the way. I highly recommend reading this great American novel!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Use of Imagery, June 17, 2009

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This review is from: The Great Gatsby (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) (Hardcover)

It is almost embarrassing to admit, but I've reached the age of 48 and had never read The Great Gatsby. Chalk it up to being a product of the south Arkansas public education system. In any event, having returned from a week long golf trip on Long Island, it seemed like a perfect time to polish off the very short novel, and VERY short it is.

Coming in at about 170 pages, this novella is very much a period piece, set in 1920s Long Island, the characters being by and large, the idle rich. The story revolves around the narrator's observations as they relate to his next door neighbor, the mysterious and dashing Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's cryptic relationship with the narrator's fabulously wealthy married cousin, Daisy.

While I would say that the underlying story is average at best (after all, the idle rich are pretty much idle), Fitzgerald's use of imagery is among the best I've seen. The length of the novel ends up being almost perfect, as the story would likely grow stale were it much longer.