Reviews for Contemporary Literary Criticism

The average rating for Contemporary Literary Criticism based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-02 00:00:00 Stephen Baines Good history of The Great Gatsby and its legacy. - Fitzgerald's manuscript pages and proofs - reviews from 1925 - correspondence between Fitzgerald and editor Maxwell Perkins - letters of admiration from other writers - reviews of the 3 The Great Gatsby movies - critical essays from the 1940s and later - lots of pictures of Gatsby's social affects: movie posters; programs for plays, ballets, and operas; advertising for the 1974 movie; advertising for clothing, etc., tied in to the 1974 movie; a Peanuts comic strip; etc. - and lots more!

Review # 2 was written on 2010-06-11 00:00:00 Bradley S Cockrell A delightful compendium of everything "Gatsby" -- hand-written pages by Fitzgerald, contemporary reviews, pages from Fitzgerald's scrapbooks, photos of Long Island mansions, critical essays, a list of foreign editions ("Suur Gatsby" in Estonian), critiques of the Gatsby movies, even maps of the route from East Egg into Manhattan. One of those books you drop in and out of, finding something to catch your interest on almost every page. And it's sure to send you back, once again, to "Gatsby" itself.