The great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Parkinson, Kathleen2002
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Kathleen Parkinson places this brilliant and bitter satire on the moral failure of the Jazz Age firmly in the context of Scott Fitzgerald's life and times. She explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. She devotes a perceptive chapter to Fitzgerald's controversial portrayal of women and goes on to discuss how the central characters, Gatsby and Nick Carraway, embody and confront the dualism inherent in the American dream.
Main title:
The great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald / Kathleen Parkinson.
Author:
Parkinson, Kathleen, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1987.
Collation:
143 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-[144]).
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780140771978 (pbk)0140771972 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.5'2813FIT813
LC class:
813FIT
Local class:
813FIT813 FIT823
Language:
English
Index terms:
LiteratureEnglishNovelsF Scott FitzgeraldGreat gatsbyCritical appraisalEnglish fictionUnited States
BRN:
5905