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Author Kruse, Horst H. (Horst Hermann), 1929- author.

Title F. Scott Fitzgerald at work : the making of "The Great Gatsby" / Horst H. Kruse.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 154 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby occupies a preeminent place in American letters. Scholars have argued that Jay Gatsby is, in fact, the embodiment of American culture and social aspiration. Though The Great Gatsby has been studied in detail since its publication, both readers and scholars have continued to speculate about Fitzgerald's sources of inspiration. The essays in F. Scott Fitzgerald at Work examine fresh facts that illuminate the experiences and source materials upon which Fitzgerald based this quintessentially American masterpiece. They confirm.
Contents Max von Gerlach, the man behind Jay Gatsby: a German immigrant story and its impact on the composition of The Great Gatsby -- Dinner at the Buchanans': eugenics and the beginning of The Great Gatsby -- The Great Gatsby: a view from Kant's window -- transatlantic crosscurrents -- Once by the Atlantic: Nick Carraway's meditation on the course of history and its ideological context.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-147) and index.
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Subject Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.
Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, F. Scott)
Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kruse, Horst Hermann. F. Scott Fitzgerald at work Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2014 9780817318390 (DLC) 2014006771 (OCoLC)880418716
ISBN 9780817387709 (electronic book)
0817387706 (electronic book)
9780817318390 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0817318399