New Essays on The Great Gatsby by Matthew J Bruccoli

New Essays on The Great Gatsby by Matthew J Bruccoli

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The introduction to this volume charts the fortunes of The Great Gatsby from its mixed reception and disappointing sales on publication in 1925, through its increasing popularity in the 1940s, to its critical and popular elevation from the standing of an important 'period piece' to that of an undisputed classic of American literature.

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New Essays on The Great Gatsby by Matthew J Bruccoli

The introduction to this volume charts the fortunes of The Great Gatsby from its mixed reception and disappointing sales on publication in 1925, through its increasing popularity in the 1940s, to its critical and popular elevation from the standing of an important 'period piece' to that of an undisputed classic of American literature. Of the five essays that follow, one traces this revival in greater detail, and another sets the book in the context of the perennial quest for the 'great American novel'. Two other essays examine the central from the perspective of a practising contemporary novelist.
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ISBN 13 9780521319638
ISBN 10 0521319633
Title New Essays on The Great Gatsby
Author Matthew J Bruccoli
Series The American Novel
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1985-10-31
Number of pages 132
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