Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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.

Presents F. Scott Fitzgerald's bildungsroman about a handsome, wealthy Princeton student named Amory Blaine, whose experiences with love, war, and poverty lead him to self-realization; and includes a contextual introduction, critical excerpts spanning 1919 through 1988, and commentary on the novel by Fitzgerald himself.