Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.
Features a collection of essays that explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's background and the issues of class conflict as seen in his play "The Great Gatsby." Features essays discussing modern views on class conflict issues.
Includes a brief biography of F. Scott Fitzgerld, thematicand structural analysis of The Great Gatsby, critical views,and more. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
Fitzgerald's classic novel of the jazz age is the story of a man drawn into corruption and his own destruction through his infatuation with a wealthy girl named Daisy. He first met her at a party when he was in the army during World War I. After the war, through his dealings with organized crime, Jay Gatsby accumulates a fortune, buys a luxury mansion on Long Island, across the water from Daisy and her husband, and begins to throw extravagent parties to attract her attention. And when he meets her cousin, Nick Carraway, who rents a very modest house nearby, he begins to become a part of her life.
A biography that follows F. Scott Fitzgerald from his birthplace in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Princeton University, and beyond, into the highest reaches of literary and public success and ultimately to Fitzgerald's untimely death in Hollywood at the age of forty-four, a failure at writing anything of note after his earlier books, broke, and nearly forgotten. His novels' classic themes, love and class, continue to resonate today, and he is now recognized as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.
Includes a brief biography of F. Scott Fitzgerld, thematic and structural analysis of The Great Gatsby, critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.
Contains critical commentary and a brief synopsis of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" which describes the adventures of Jay Gatsby as he tries to win back the woman he loved and lost.
Presents a documentary history of "The Great Gatsby," discussing the backgrounds and writing of the novel, examining its critical reception and reputation, and including biographical information about its author, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Includes a cumulative index.
