F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's modern critical interpretations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott.

Physical Description:

vii, 230 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

- Presents the most important 20th century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom

Contents:

The Great Gatsby : Two versions of the hero / David Parker

Gatsby and the failure of the omniscient "I" / Ron Neuhaus

Gatsby and John Keats : another version / Joseph B. Wagner

The waste land myth and symbols in The great Gatsby / Letha Audhuy

Compensating visions : The great Gatsby / John T. Irwin

The great Gatsby : Fitzgerald's opulent synthesis (1925) / Robert Roulston and Helen H. Roulston

Individualism reconsidered / Ronald Berman

A world complete in itself : Gatsby's elegiac narration / Dan Coleman

An elusive rhythm : The great Gatsby reclaims Troilus and Criseyde / Casie Hermansson

Implying authors in The great Gatsby / Elizabeth Preston

Carraway's complaint / George Monteiro

Possessions in The great Gatsby / Scott Donaldson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.

ISBN:

079107577X

OCLC:

51942452