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Breaking Down Fitzgerald

BuchKartoniert, Paperback
112 Seiten
Englisch
Wiley & Sonserschienen am04.04.20221. Auflage
A practical guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's works for middle and secondary students F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, and writer best known for his glamourous novels that detailed life in America's Jazz Age-a term which he popularized. Throughout his career, Fitzgerald published four novels, four collections of short stories, and 164 short stories in magazines. His work commonly focused on themes of ambition and loss, money and class, and the promise and disappointment of America and its vaunted dream. In his lifetime, Fitzgerald gained fame for his The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise. Today, his works are taught in middle and high school classrooms throughout the United States and worldwide. Breaking Down Fitzgerald provides readers with an overview of Fitzgerald's life and investigates the composition, characters, themes, symbols, language, and motifs in his work and their relation to contemporary society. Author Helen Turner clarifies some essential facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and addresses important themes found in his novels and short stories. As readers explore the literary and cultural context of Fitzgerald's works, they develop a firm appreciation of Fitzgerald's role in modern literature and why he is considered one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Breaking Down Fitzgerald: Explains of why Fitzgerald remains one of the great American voices heard around the worldShowcases the multiple genres in Fitzgerald's worldOffers a brief thematic tour through Fitzgerald's novels and short storiesProvides an overview of Fitzgerald's critical receptionDiscusses Fitzgerald in contemporary popular culture This book is a primer for younger or new Fitzgerald readers and a welcome addition to the toolbox used by educators, parents, and anyone interested in or studying F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and work.mehr
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KlappentextA practical guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's works for middle and secondary students F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, and writer best known for his glamourous novels that detailed life in America's Jazz Age-a term which he popularized. Throughout his career, Fitzgerald published four novels, four collections of short stories, and 164 short stories in magazines. His work commonly focused on themes of ambition and loss, money and class, and the promise and disappointment of America and its vaunted dream. In his lifetime, Fitzgerald gained fame for his The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise. Today, his works are taught in middle and high school classrooms throughout the United States and worldwide. Breaking Down Fitzgerald provides readers with an overview of Fitzgerald's life and investigates the composition, characters, themes, symbols, language, and motifs in his work and their relation to contemporary society. Author Helen Turner clarifies some essential facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and addresses important themes found in his novels and short stories. As readers explore the literary and cultural context of Fitzgerald's works, they develop a firm appreciation of Fitzgerald's role in modern literature and why he is considered one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Breaking Down Fitzgerald: Explains of why Fitzgerald remains one of the great American voices heard around the worldShowcases the multiple genres in Fitzgerald's worldOffers a brief thematic tour through Fitzgerald's novels and short storiesProvides an overview of Fitzgerald's critical receptionDiscusses Fitzgerald in contemporary popular culture This book is a primer for younger or new Fitzgerald readers and a welcome addition to the toolbox used by educators, parents, and anyone interested in or studying F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and work.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-119-80532-8
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum04.04.2022
Auflage1. Auflage
ReiheThe Breaking Down Series
Seiten112 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht112 g
Artikel-Nr.57793486

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Breaking Down Fitzgerald: Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Fitzgerald´s Life 5 Childhood and Princeton (189-1917) 6 Meeting Zelda and Early Success (1918-1924) 8 The Great Gatsby and European Travels (1924-1931) 10 Tender Is the Night and The Crack- Up (1931-1937) 13 Hollywood and The Last Tycoon (1937-1940) 16 Further Reading 18 Further Viewing 18 Chapter 2: Literary and Cultural Context 19 The First World War and Its Aftermath 19 Modernism and a Changing Literary Landscape 22 The Roaring Twenties 24 The 1930s and the Great Depression 26 The United States versus Europe 28 Changes in Hollywood 32 Further Reading 34 Chapter 3: Early Novels: This Side of Paradise(1920) and The Beautiful and Damned (1922) 35 This Side of Paradise: Composition 37 This Side of Paradise: Synopsis 40 The Beautiful and Damned: Composition 42 The Beautiful and Damned:Synopsis 43 Further Reading 45 Further Viewing 45 Chapter 4: The Great Gatsby (1925) 47 Composition 49 Synopsis 50 Themes 53 Structure 54 Motifs 55 The Green Light 55 West Egg versus East Egg 57 The Valley of Ashes 58 The Automobile 59 Characters 61 Jay Gatsby 61 Daisy Buchanan 64 Tom Buchanan 67 Myrtle Wilson 69 George Wilson 71 Jordan Baker 72 Nick Carraway 73 Further Reading 76 Further Viewing 76 Further Listening 76 Chapter 5: Later Novels: Tender Is the Night (1934) and The Last Tycoon (1941) 77 Tender Is the Night: Composition 78 Tender Is the Night: Synopsis 80 Tender Is the Night: Interpretations 83 The Last Tycoon: Synopsis 84 The Last Tycoon: Reflections on an Unfinished Novel 85 Further Reading 87 Further Viewing 87 Chapter 6: Short Stories and Essays 89 Short Stories 90 The Ice Palace (1920) 90 May Day (1920) 91 Winter Dreams (1922) 91 Jacob´s Ladder (1927) 92 The Last of the Belles (1929) 93 Babylon Revisited (1931) 94 Essays 95 Further Reading 96 Further Viewing 97 Further Listening 97 Conclusion 99 Bibliography 100 Index 103mehr

Autor

HELEN M. TURNER has a PhD from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. She has taught in a variety of schools and universities in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Sweden. She is also an active researcher with particular interests in American and South African literature. She has published on Richard Yates, Tom Wolfe, and Archibald MacLeish.
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