Presents critical essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

A guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous work. Written for high school students, chapters discuss the history of the work, historical and biographical themes, the critical ...

A portrayal of the power of romantic imagination, as well as the pathos and courage entailed in the pursuit of an unattainable dream, 'The Great Gatsby' is a classic fiction of ...

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Provides students of American Literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American fiction.

In this intellectual and literary history of American, British, and Continental novels of realism and naturalism from 1850 to 1950, Richard Lehan argues that literary ...