Understanding The great Gatsby
Subtitle: a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents
By: Dalton Gross and MaryJean Gross.
Contributors: Gross, MaryJean.
Series: The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series,
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940. -- Sources.; Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Other titles: Great Gatsby
Description: Today, more than 70 years after its publication, The Great Gatsby seems as fresh and pertinent to American life as it did in the 1920s. The social, cultural, and historical milieu of the 1920s reflected in its pages is not so very different from our own. This interdisciplinary collection of commentary and rich collateral materials will enrich the reader's understanding of those times and their influence on Fitzgerald's novel. The authors have included a wide variety of primary documents that capture the flavor of the era and its notorious and flamboyant players. Included are newspaper stories, first person accounts, and congressional testimony from the scandals of the 1920s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.