F. Scott Fitzgerald's Odyssey A Reader's Guide to the Gospels in The Great Gatsby

by Tanner, Bernard R.

• ISBN13: 9780761826057
• ISBN10: 076182605X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-25
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Here for the first time a reader can understand The Great Gatsby as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote it.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	v
Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xv
Issues of Literary History
Chapter 1 Fitzgerald Reads Ulysses and Writes The Great Gatsby	1	(6)
Chapter 2 Puzzling Reviews, Plaudits, and Hints to Ulysses	7	(14)
Chapter 3 Falling and Rising Popularity of The Great Gatsby	21	(6)
Chapter 4 Reconsidering The Great Gatsby	27	(12)
A Reader's Guide to the Gospels in The Great Gatsby
Chapter 5 Using This Reader's Guide	39	(10)
Chapter 6 The Structure of the Novel	49	(14)
Chapter 7 The Shadowing of Jay Gatsby as Jesus	63
Chapter 8 The Shadowing for Other Characters	15	(98)
Chapter 9 Joyce's Doubling Motif	113	(18)
Chapter 10 Chapter IV: The Dichotomy and Doubling	131	(10)
Chapter 11 Implications of Imagery	141	(10)
Chapter 12 Themes	151	(20)
Chapter 13 Chapter VII: Visions of the Dead	171	(14)
Chapter 14 Some Long and Notable Interpretations	185	(30)
Appendix A Comparison of Chapter VI in Trimalehio	215	(8)
Appendix B Fitzgerald's Use of Dichotomy Topics	223	(8)
Selected Bibliography	231	(4)
About the Author	235