Student Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald (Student Companions to Classic Writers) [Hardcover]

Linda C. Pelzer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0313305943 | ISBN-13: 978-0313305948 | Publication Date: July 30, 2000

The dazzling, romantic fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald manages to captivate each new generation of readers. This critical introduction, written specifically for students, offers insightful yet accessible literary criticism for five novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and The Last Tycoon. A full chapter is devoted to examining each of these works, with an indepth discussion of character development, thematic concerns and plot structure. The introduction to each novel traces its genesis and the critical reception it received at the time it was written. The historical context sections examine the ways visionary works like The Great Gatsby offer both a chronicle and a critique of the attitudes, dreams, and illusions of American society during the period between the First and Second World Wars. Students will also get a vivid sense of how life and art converged in the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the man who christened the Jazz Age. This introductory study features a biographical chapter that relates Fitzgerald's life to his work and a chapter that places his fiction within its historical and literary contexts. Five chapters analyze not only the basic literary components of plot, character, and theme, but also provide an alternate critical interpretation of each novel that enriches reader's understanding of the work's complexity and vision. A complete bibliography of Fitzgerald's works and a selected bibliography of critical and biographical sources complete this volume.

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“For general readers and beginning undergraduates.”–Choice

About the Author

LINDA C. PELZER is Professor of English at Wesley College in Dover, Delaware.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 184 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (July 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313305943
• ISBN-13: 978-0313305948
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,627,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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