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  • Ah, The Great Gatsby. Tackling a book usually considered one of the finest English language novels of the 20th century was one I looked foward to, since I had first read the novel about 10 years ago at the tender age of 16. I don't remember the novel hitting quite as hard or as significantly as Fit ... Continue

    Ah, The Great Gatsby. Tackling a book usually considered one of the finest English language novels of the 20th century was one I looked foward to, since I had first read the novel about 10 years ago at the tender age of 16. I don't remember the novel hitting quite as hard or as significantly as Fitzgerald's other works (This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned & Tender is the Night, which I also read around the same time), so I was eager for a re-read. And so..........the beauty and elegance of the style of Fitzgerald found in Gatsby is striking and memorable--especially after just finishing a novel by someone as terse and unromantic as Charles Bukowski. What's more, the characters and atmosphere Fiztgerald creates, while being from a era, social ladder and culture far removed from my own, are, nevertheless, still interesting and pertinent because the author imbues them with an sense of frailty and humanity that is timeless. Looking at it now 10+ years later, I can see why this short novel eluded my teenage grasp and didn't quite register. It's style was too refined, its subject matter one I could only really understand after years of coming to terms with my own manhood and life experiences only faintly realized at 16.

    

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  • So applicable to today's environment. narcissism, greed, and unrequited love. There is a reason it is called 'the great American novel".

    

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  • A MUST read.

    

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• ― Jane (delaflowers) said on Jul 25, 2008 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • In his introduction, Harold Bloom states that The Great Gatsby "has become part of what must be called the American mythology." This volume offers a complete critical survey of the novel, including examinations of its structure and narrative stance, redefining of the hero, and more. This series is e ... Continue

    In his introduction, Harold Bloom states that The Great Gatsby "has become part of what must be called the American mythology." This volume offers a complete critical survey of the novel, including examinations of its structure and narrative stance, redefining of the hero, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts presents critical essays that reflect a variety of schools of criticism on the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature. Each volume also contains an introductory essay by Harold Bloom, critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index.

    

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  • Once again..I probably would have liked this book more if my classmates didn't exist. They don't let you read in peace and they don't dicuss the text in class.

    

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• ― Bostonrox2 said on Jun 25, 2007 about the School & Library Binding edition| Add your feedback

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