F. Scott Fitzgerald at Work
Subtitle: The Making of the Great Gatsby
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780817318390
Subjects: Fitzgerald, f. scott (francis scott), 1896-1940; Fiction, authorship
Description: "F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby occupies a preeminent place in American letters. Scholars have argued that Jay Gatsby is, in fact, the embodiment of American culture and social aspiration. Though The Great Gatsby has been studied in detail since its publication, both readers and scholars have continued to speculate about Fitzgerald's sources of inspiration. The essays in F. Scott Fitzgerald at Work examine fresh facts that illuminate the experiences and source materials upon which Fitzgerald based this quintessentially American masterpiece. They confirm author Horst Kruse's view that Fitzgerald's flights of fancy, even at their most spectacular, are firmly grounded in biographical experience as well as in the social, literary, and philosophical circumstances of his era"--Jacket.