The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925

The build-up to the release of Baz Luhrmann’s frenetic, chromatic interpretation of The Great Gatsby was a wild ride for several of us who love the F. Scott Fitzgerald. I had been very exited to watch the fantastic film, however, even in Baz Luhrmann's film, there were some aspects of the book that were not included. So, it s crucial that each and every one of Ms. Cooks students' understand the novel in another dimension and depth; take in consideration the rhetorical devices, the figurative language, the diction, the mood and tone of the Novel because It is also of extreme importance to understand the context and the Zeitgeist of the Novel and the era. Ladies and gentlemen, this is where your interpretation of the novel forms in a successful manner.  In order to grasp the process of the book In the class, Ms. Cook is going to ask for further research of your own weather it is for a project for her class or a creative writing assignment for IB. I have laid out some helpful resources down below, I went on a scavenger hunt indoors on my computer to save you some time and to expand your understanding of the Novel, so check them out because I am certain they will be of good aid. Good Luck!

• Understanding The Great Gatsby - A Research Guide for Students

 An agregation to links to all things Gatsby online

• F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Web site includes links, maps, audio clips, etc.
• C-Span American Writers II: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

 
See the Video Archive which includes a 2 hour program from 2002 on Fitzgerald and Gatsby.

• F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page

 Trimalchio and The Great Gatsby - Online exhibition documenting the composition, reception, and reputation of The Great Gatsby.
Getting It Right: The Publishing Process and the Correction of Factual Errors – with Reference to The Great Gatsby (Matthew J. Bruccoli)

• Gatsby

 Annotations - An alphabetical glossary of terms and phrases that define and describe people, places, and things mentioned in the novel. Includes links to related web sites and audio files for the songs mentioned in the text. Ain't We Got Fun (p. 95) A-C - D-L - M-Z
 Concordance to The Great Gatsby
 Reviews from 1925

• Life Magazine's one sentence review: 
"Fantastic proof that chivalry, of a sort, is not dead." 
(May 7, 1925)• New York Times, To access this article you will need to register for free online access to the New York Times.

Time Magazine


• Flanagan, Thomas. Fitzgerald's 'Radiant World'. New York Review of Books. Volume 47, Number 20, December 21, 2000. - Offers a review of Gatsby and its earlier version, Trimalchio.
• Godden, Richard. “‘The Great Gatsby’: Glamor on the Turn.” 

Journal of American Studies 16.3 (1982): 343-71. JSTOR. Web. 28 Oct. 2011 The Great Gatsby | Easy BIb Blog

• Weinstein, Arnold. “Fiction as Greatness: The Case of Gatsby.” 

NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction 19.1 (1985): 22-38. JSTOR. Web. 28 Oct. 2011 as Greatness

• The Guilder Lerman Institute of American History

 (Joshua Zeitz)

•   Leonardo DiCaprio, Baz Luhrmann, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton take Xan Brooks behind the scenes of their hotly-anticipated adaptation of The Great Gatsby and reveal what the book means to them, why Luhrmann thinks his interpretation remains true to its spirit, and why Gatsby is Hamlet for the jazz age

 

   Flapper on the cover of Puck
    magazine, 1916. (Library of Congress
Print and Photographs Division