Student companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald / Linda C. Pelzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Roche, Linda.

Series:

Student companions to classic writers.

Student companions to classic writers, 1522-7979

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940--Examinations--Study guides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The dazzling, romantic fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald manages to captivate each new generation of readers. This critical introduction, written specifically for students, offers insightful yet accessible literary criticism for five novels: ^UThis Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and ^UThe Last Tycoon. A full chapter is devoted to examining each of these works, with an indepth discussion of character development, thematic concerns and plot structure. The introduction to each novel traces its genesis and the critical reception it received at the time it was written. The historical context sections examine the ways visionary works like ^UThe Great Gatsby offer both a chronicle and a critique of the attitudes, dreams, and illusions of American society during the period between the First and Second World Wars. Students will also get a vivid sense of how life and art converged in the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the man who christened the Jazz Age. This introductory study features a biographical chapter that relates Fitzgerald's life to his work and a chapter that places his fiction within its historical and literary contexts. Five chapters analyze not only the basic literary components of plot, character, and theme, but also provide an alternate critical interpretation of each novel that enriches reader's understanding of the work's complexity and vision. A complete bibliography of Fitzgerald's works and a selected bibliography of critical and biographical sources complete this volume.

Contents:

Cover

Student Companion to F. Scott FITZGERALD

Contents

Series Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 "Too Many People": The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald

2 Greatness in the Conception: Fitzgerald's Literary Career

FITZGERALD AND THE MODERN MOMENT

FITZGERALD AND THE SYMBOLIC IMAGINATION

FITZGERALD AND THE ROMANTIC SENSIBILITY

FITZGERALD AND THE AMERICAN DREAM

THE OUTLINE OF A LITERARY CAREER

FITZGERALD AND THE SHORT STORY

THE ELEMENTS OF THE FITZGERALD NOVEL: CHARACTER, THEME, STYLE

3 This Side of Paradise (1920)

GENESIS AND CRITICAL RECEPTION

PLOT DEVELOPMENT

A NOVEL OF APPRENTICESHIP

A NOVEL OF MANNERS

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

THEMATIC ISSUES

SYMBOLISM

A FEMINIST INTERPRETATION

4 The Beautiful and Damned (1922)

A MARXIST INTERPRETATION

5 The Great Gatsby (1925)

POINT OF VIEW

SYMBOLISM AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

A MYTHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

6 Tender is the Night (1934)

THE ENDING

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

A PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

7 The Last Tycoon (1941)

A MARXIST READING

8 Coda

Selected Bibliography

LITERARY WORKS BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

POSTHUMOUS PUBLICATIONS

NONFICTION BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND CHECKLISTS

BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS AND MEMOIRS

CRITICAL STUDIES OF FITZGERALD'S WORKS

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1920)

REVIEWS

CRITICISM

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED (1922)

CRITICISM.

THE GREAT GATSBY (1925)

TENDER IS THE NIGHT (1934)

THE LAST TYCOON (1941)

SHORT FICTION

RELATED SECONDARY SOURCES

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-159) and index.

ISBN:

9798216020318

9780313007293

0313007292

OCLC:

179155150