
"Great Gatsby"
Stephen Matterson(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 27. June 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
94 pages
978-0-333-48307-7 (ISBN)
Description
Part of "The Critics Debate" series, this book discusses "The Great Gatsby" by Scott Fitzgerald.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
further reading list, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
110 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-48307-7 (9780333483077)
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Content
Part 1 Survey: "The Great Gatsby" and myth - the American myth, the non-American myth; the formalist approach - "The Great Gatsby" as craft, point of view, narrative, symbolism; the authorial perspective - "winter dreams" and "the sensible thing", "the diamond as big as the Ritz" and "the rich boy", "absolution"; the socio-historical approach, "the withering of the American dream", the discredited dream, East and West; character - Gatsby, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker. Part 2 Appraisal: the clock and the moon; a man's book - "The Great Gatsby" and women; "The Great Gatsby" and social class; "The Great Gatsby" and history.