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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393656594

ISBN-139780393656596

eBay Product ID (ePID)8050076090

Product Key Features

Number of Pages584 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGreat Gatsby, 1st Norton Critical Edition

Publication Year2021

SubjectClassics, Contemporary Women, American / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Fiction

AuthorF. Scott Fitzgerald

SeriesNorton Critical Editions Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight16.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2020-030287

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number0

Dewey Decimal813/.52

Edition DescriptionCritical

SynopsisThis Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1925 first American edition text of the novel. A full introduction, a note on the text, and explanatory annotations by David J. Alworth. An unusually rich selection of contextual materials, including Fitzgerald's sources for his greatest novel, excerpts from his ledger and notebooks, three of his related short stories, twenty-two carefully chosen letters concerning The Great Gatsby, and eight selections--four of them by Fitzgerald--on the Jazz Age and American Modernism. A wide range of critical assessments, covering initial reviews and reactions, Fitzgerald's revival, and reconsiderations and recent readings. A chronology and selected bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need., "This superb volume offers a rich cultural fabric that greatly deepens our understanding of The Great Gatsby. Illuminating short stories by Fitzgerald, his correspondence, and his literary inspirations are all featured here. An indispensable edition." --Wai Chee Dimock, Yale University

LC Classification NumberPS3511.I9G7 2021b