World War I had accelerated the change from the Victorian Era to "modernism" in America and Fitzgerald's semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of Amory Blaine from his school years to the start of an uncertain career in New York, filled with parties and a new morality.
An examination of the life and work of American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose novel, "The Great Gatsby," is often called "The Great American Novel.".
Literary Masterpieces is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Topics and Literary Masters). Each Literary Masterpieces volume chooses a book by one of the authors covered in Literary Masters and offers a discussion of themes, characters, comparisons with social events of the era when the book was written and a critical analysis. The Great Gatsby was F. Scott Fitzgerald's sixth published book and is one of two American books loved by both literary critics and a wide, general audience. When he wrote it, Fitzgerald was already a well-known writer.
Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. F. Scott Fitzgerald is linked with the 1920's and many of his novels and short stories deal with the mood and the events of that era. He was also a part of the "lost generation", a group of writers affected with disillusionment because of World War I and its aftermath.
including introduction, life of Fitzgerald, brief synopsis, list of characters, chapter commentaries, notes on characters, critical review, review questions, selected bibliography
