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Publisher Summary 1
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: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and The 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 The 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.
Publisher Summary 2
Greenwood's series, Companions to Classic Writers, is geared toward high school and college students, and has already featured Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Miller, George Orwell, and Richard Wright. Like other companions, this one on Fitzgerald by Pelzer (English, Wesley College) begins with a biography and overview of the author's literary career. Next are analyses of This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and The Damned, The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, and The Last Tycoon . Each analysis is divided into sections on the work's genesis and critical reception, point of view, plot and character development, symbolism or figurative language, and one reading in a particular style (e.g., mythological, feminist, Marxist). An ample bibliography of primary and secondary sources concludes the volume. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Publisher Summary 3
Examines the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald as critique and chronicle of American society during the Jazz Age.
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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)
GENESIS AND CRITICAL RECEPTION
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
THEMATIC ISSUES
A MARXIST INTERPRETATION
5 The Great Gatsby (1925)
GENESIS AND CRITICAL RECEPTION
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
POINT OF VIEW
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
THEMATIC ISSUES
SYMBOLISM AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
A MYTHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION
6 Tender is the Night (1934)
GENESIS AND CRITICAL RECEPTION
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
POINT OF VIEW
THE ENDING
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
THEMATIC ISSUES
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
A PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION
7 The Last Tycoon (1941)
GENESIS AND CRITICAL RECEPTION
PLOT DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
POINT OF VIEW
THEMATIC ISSUES
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)
REVIEWS
CRITICISM
THE GREAT GATSBY (1925)
REVIEWS
CRITICISM
TENDER IS THE NIGHT (1934)
REVIEWS
CRITICISM
THE LAST TYCOON (1941)
REVIEWS
CRITICISM
SHORT FICTION
RELATED SECONDARY SOURCES
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Index
About the Author
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