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Author Kruse, Horst H. (Horst Hermann), 1929- author.

Title F. Scott Fitzgerald at work : the making of "The Great Gatsby" / Horst H. Kruse
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 154 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Max von Gerlach, the man behind Jay Gatsby: a German immigrant story and its impact on the composition of The Great Gatsby -- Dinner at the Buchanans': eugenics and the beginning of The Great Gatsby -- The Great Gatsby: a view from Kant's window -- transatlantic crosscurrents -- Once by the Atlantic: Nick Carraway's meditation on the course of history and its ideological context
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-147) and index
Notes English
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Subject Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.
SUBJECT Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, F. Scott) fast
Subject Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780817387709
0817387706