The Great Gatsby
A Norton Critical Edition
First Edition
12 March 2021
THE WRITER AND HIS WORK
This volume includes a wide array of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal and professional writings, including excerpts from his notebooks, ledger, letters on composition of the novel and his marriage, short stories and the original draft of the novel. Fitzgerald’s own words are supported by works on the Jazz Age and Modernism as well as the literary sources which informed Fitzgerald’s interpretation of American society.
THE RESPONSE TO FITZGERALD
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s popularity has been inconsistent, and the critical apparatus follows its course thorough post-publication reviews and reactions to The Great Gatsby to Fitzgerald’s declining reputation and eventual revival. Readers can compare and contrast the initial responses with recent critical interpretations exploring themes of identity, race, wealth and the American Dream.
This volume includes a wide array of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s personal and professional writings, including excerpts from his notebooks, ledger, letters on composition of the novel and his marriage, short stories and the original draft of the novel. Fitzgerald’s own words are supported by works on the Jazz Age and Modernism as well as the literary sources which informed Fitzgerald’s interpretation of American society.
THE RESPONSE TO FITZGERALD
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s popularity has been inconsistent, and the critical apparatus follows its course thorough post-publication reviews and reactions to The Great Gatsby to Fitzgerald’s declining reputation and eventual revival. Readers can compare and contrast the initial responses with recent critical interpretations exploring themes of identity, race, wealth and the American Dream.
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