F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night

AvNicolas Tredell

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night are F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-known novels. They draw on Fitzgerald's own vivid experiences in the 1920s but transform them into art. This stimulating introductory guide analyses their accomplished style and their concern with the promise and perplexity of modern life.Part I of this indispensable study:- Provides interesting and informed close readings of key passages- Examines how each novel starts and ends- Discusses key themes of society, money, gender and trauma- Outlines the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work.Part II supplies essential background material, including:- An account of Fitzgerald's life- A survey of historical, cultural and literary contexts- Samples of significant criticismAlso featuring a helpful Further Reading section, this volume equips readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.

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Utgivningsdatum:2011-09-12
Mått:142 x 220 x 18 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Analysing Texts
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780230292215

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NICOLAS TREDELL Freelance Writer and formerly taught Drama, Literature, Film and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's 'Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism' series.

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'Nicolas Tredell's examination of The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night is a rare critical look at two of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most important texts, side by side. While the two novels have often been interpreted, rarely are they read in tandem, as this study does. Insightful, intelligent and thought-provoking, this study provides fascinating contexts within which new dimensions of both novels are brought to the fore, in light of each other.' - Stephanie Smith, University of Florida, USA

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General Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsNote on QuotationsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I: ANALYSING 'THE GREAT GATSBY' AND 'TENDER IS THE NIGHT'BeginningsSocietyMoneyGenderTraumaEndingsPART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICSF. Scott Fitzgerald's Life and WorksThe Historical, Cultural and Literary ContextA Sample of Critical ViewsNotesFurther ReadingIndex.