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The Great Gatsby 1. The Great Gatsby: A Novel of the 1920s
The Jazz Age: 'It was borrowed time anyhow'
New York The post-war mood The post-war voice
2. A Novel of Intricate Patterns
The organization of The Great Gatsby
Time The chronology of events preceding 1922 in The Great Gatsby
The summer of 1922: events in the main narrative
1923-4: after the main narrative A summary of events The selective use of time as a narrative device
The relationship between the four locations of action West Egg East Egg New York The valley of ashes
Patterns of imagery Death and ghosts Cars Imagery of nature:
Flowers Birds Moonlight The golden sun
Colour Eyes Clocks The Sea
3. Alernative Worlds
The Buchanans' glittering white palace Daisy's home in Louisville, Kentucky: the 'white palace' of the 'golden girl'
Gatsby's house Gatsby's first party in early summer The history of Gatsby's house
'Silence had fallen within the house'
Gatsby's last party The swimming pool
'It was a photograph of the house'
'A huge incoherent failure of a house'
Plaza Suite The flat on 158th Street Wilson's garage Conclusion
4. The Women Characters
Emancipated women Myrtle Wilson Jordan Baker Daisy Fay/Buchanan The woman in white
5. Gatsby and Nick Carraway
Corrective vision Jimmy Gatz/James Gatz/Jay Gatsby/'Mr. Nobody from Nowhere'
An isolated figure A mysterious and ambivalent figure Faithful lover and wealthy parvenu Gatsby's past Gatsby and time The nature of Gatsby's dream The destruction of Gatsby's dream Gatsby as victim Nick Carraway Nick's 'journey' of discovery Nick's role as observer and judge Nick as active participator Conclusion Nick Carraway and Scott Fitzgerald, writers of 'this book'
6. America: History and Myth
The title of the novel Myth as history The heirs of Dan Cody: Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom Buchanan Symbolic landscapes: Midwest and East coast
Notes Selected reading
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Venson Herron
reviewed The Great Gatsby: Penguin Critical Studies on October 20, 2009
The Great Gatsby: Penguin Critical Studies
Sad book, but teaches a good life lesson I guess.
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