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The great Gatsby : with an introduction and contemporary criticism / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited by Stephen Mirarchi ; Igantius critical editions editor Joseph Pearce.
Van Pelt Library PS3511.I9 G7 2025c
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, Author.
- Series:
- Ignatius critical editions http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/b1084a06-8c0b-8ab7-33d9-a41aae54d8e4
- Ignatius critical editions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gatsby, Jay (Fictitious character).
- Gatsby, Jay.
- Buchanan, Daisy (Fictitious character).
- Buchanan, Daisy.
- Rich people.
- Married women.
- First loves.
- American Dream.
- Long Island (N.Y.).
- wives.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 214 pages 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Ignatius Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "The Great Gatsby is not only one of the greatest American novels but also one of the most perplexing. Is its theme a peculiar and simplified view of the American Dream as the masculine drive to pursue status, material wealth, and sensual gratification--and the consequences of that pursuit? Fitzgerald's masterwork certainly presents the pains of amorous loss and seems to suggest that wealth does not make for enduring happiness. But is there more to this modern literary classic? Something deeper? Are there elements of what C. S. Lewis called "the dialectic of desire"? Does the failure of all worldly desires to satisfy our deepest needs suggest a desire and a need for something the world can't provide? Is The Great Gatsby a cautionary tale? If so, about what is it cautioning the reader? These great questions asked by the novel are in need of answers. Such answers are offered or at least suggested by the critics whose essays accompany this edition of Fitzgerald's beguiling novel"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- What is The great Gatsby really about? / James Como
- The Michaelis episode in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby / Robert C. Evans
- The romantic consciousness in The great Gatsby / Aaron Urbanczyk.
- ISBN:
- 1621646831
- 9781621646839
- OCLC:
- 1530613023
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