![]() ![]() So many lines seize upon unexpectedĭetail to inspire vivid imagery in a kind of poetic prose (a phrase Deeply affectingįirst there's the magnificent writing. Of the most popular and greatly admired novels of the twentieth century. The literati and the general public have been able to provide the assessment that comes only with the passage of time. Since then, The Great Gatsby has risen still higher as both Which was questioning some of the same values as Fitzgerald. Relevant to a new post-war (WWII) and during-war (Vietnam) generation ![]() The 1950s to 1970s was taught The Great Gatsby as part ![]() Their admiration for The Great Gatsby kept it alive long afterįitzgerald's death. Were perceived to be much more relevant than a fable of the very rich set in a timeīut, for once, the critics and academics were ahead of the populace. Social critiques set in those hard times, as in the work of John Steinbeck, To be better received, Fitzgerald was starting to seem a relic of a previous era. It was overlooked that his chronicling had always been from anĪmbivalent position as he seemed to simultaneously enjoy and exposeīut in The Great Gatsby, the flappers and faux philosophers of the age are brushed aside as trivialĭecoration, as Fitzgerald uncovers a flaw in the spirit of not justĪ generation but a civilization bred to worship acquisition.īy the Great Depression of the 1930s, when such a message might expect Scott Fitzgerald had been the chronicler of the jazzĪge, of the antics of the fun-loving, high-living, affluent, young adults The lives of the post-Great War generation, but Fitzgerald's novel must Lewis and Ernest Hemingway, were successful with critical or jaded looks at In the roaring Twenties, its questioning of the Americanĭream may not have been welcome. Unbelievably, few people read The Great Gatsby when it wasįirst published. THE NOVEL | THE TEXT Gatsby keeps getting greater ![]()
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