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The Great Gatsby

The great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald ; John S. Whitley

Buch

Deutsch

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Verfasser/-in) DNB
Whitley, John S. (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Studies in English Literature; Nr.

60

Reprinted /(in 2 Ex.) -

Edward Arnold

London

1984

978-0-7131-5873-1

Fitzgerald,F.Scott
Literature-Criticism
E-Notes
Novel-Am./20th Cent

"The great Gatsby" ist one of the finest of all American novels, a story rich in national themes and imagery and perhaps the ultimate expression of the American dream.
This study analyses in depth the influence of the American tradition on Fitzgerald and, moreover, provides a fresh interpretation which places his masterpiece in a universal context. Thus the Romantic aspects of the novel - the hero himself, the nature of the language used and the concept of time, a persistent enemy to Gatsby - owe much to Keats. Similarly, Conrad and Melville contribute the device of a middleman narrator, a role of such importance that "The great Gatsby" must finally be seen as Nick Carraway's story.

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