| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 154 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Summary |
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby occupies a preeminent place in American letters. Scholars have argued that Jay Gatsby is, in fact, the embodiment of American culture and social aspiration. Though The Great Gatsby has been studied in detail since its publication, both readers and scholars have continued to speculate about Fitzgerald's sources of inspiration. The essays in F. Scott Fitzgerald at Work examine fresh facts that illuminate the experiences and source materials upon which Fitzgerald based this quintessentially American masterpiece. They confirm. |
| Contents |
Max von Gerlach, the man behind Jay Gatsby: a German immigrant story and its impact on the composition of The Great Gatsby -- Dinner at the Buchanans': eugenics and the beginning of The Great Gatsby -- The Great Gatsby: a view from Kant's window -- transatlantic crosscurrents -- Once by the Atlantic: Nick Carraway's meditation on the course of history and its ideological context. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-147) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.
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Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, F. Scott) (OCoLC)fst01356680
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Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
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Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00923719
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kruse, Horst Hermann. F. Scott Fitzgerald at work Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2014 9780817318390 (DLC) 2014006771 (OCoLC)880418716 |
| ISBN |
9780817387709 (electronic bk.) |
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0817387706 (electronic bk.) |
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