Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Great Gatsby: A Collection of Critical EssaysErnest Lockridge A 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. |
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Introduction by Ernest H Lockridge | 1 |
Boats Against the Current by James E Miller Jr | 19 |
Scott Fitzgeralds Criticism of America | 37 |
Copyright | |
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