Title: Joycean elements in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby : [aspects of burlesque, shadowing dichotomies, and doubling] /
Authors: Tanner, Bernard R.
Publisher: Academica Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Joyce, James, Influence.; Joyce, James,; Fitzgerald, F. Scott Technique.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott Literary style.
Contents: Reading Ulysses and writing The Great Gatsby -- The Great Gatsby between the great wars -- Sources used for burlesquing -- The structure of the novel -- Shadowing and Jay Gatsby -- Shadowing for other characters -- Doubling in Chapter IV -- Imagery and wordplay -- Burlesquing in chapter V -- Some revisions of Trimalchio -- Visions of the dead -- Time, topics, and theme -- Nick's retreat -- Fitzgerald's "absolution" compared with Joyce's "Araby" -- Items from the facsimile manuscript -- Ormer Locklear, the famous Wing-Walker -- Chapter dichotomies.