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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night
Nicolas Tredell
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Description for F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night
Hardback. This stimulating study takes a fresh look at two of Fitzgerald's major texts. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the historical and literary contexts and key criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Fitzgerald's work for the first time. Series: Analysing Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night are F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-known novels. They draw on Fitzgerald's own vivid experiences in the 1920s but transform them into art. This stimulating introductory guide analyses their accomplished style and their concern with the promise and perplexity of modern life. Part I of this indispensable study: - Provides interesting and informed close readings of key passages - Examines how each novel starts and ends - Discusses key themes of society, money, gender and trauma - Outlines the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work. Part II supplies essential ... Read more
The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night are F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-known novels. They draw on Fitzgerald's own vivid experiences in the 1920s but transform them into art. This stimulating introductory guide analyses their accomplished style and their concern with the promise and perplexity of modern life. Part I of this indispensable study: - Provides interesting and informed close readings of key passages - Examines how each novel starts and ends - Discusses key themes of society, money, gender and trauma - Outlines the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work. Part II supplies essential ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Analysing Texts
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230292215
SKU
V9780230292215
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About Nicolas Tredell
NICOLAS TREDELL Freelance Writer and formerly taught Drama, Literature, Film and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He is the series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's 'Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism' series.
Reviews for F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender is the Night
'Nicolas Tredell's examination of The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night is a rare critical look at two of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most important texts, side by side. While the two novels have often been interpreted, rarely are they read in tandem, as this study does. Insightful, intelligent and thought-provoking, this study provides fascinating contexts within which new dimensions ... Read more