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Article: Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.(F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel)
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- The Explicator
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby chronicles the excesses of the sumptuous lifestyle of the wealthy in America in the 1920s by creating a vivid tapestry of sensual images. From the gaudy displays and glistening buffets of Gatsby's parties to the dismal drudgery displayed in the "Valley of Ashes," Fitzgerald invites the reader to taste, see, and smell the "Roaring Twenties." In addition, Fitzgerald provides a soundtrack that both creates dimension and atmosphere and lends depth to the thematic development of the novel.
More subtle than the glitzy images, which "mark Fitzgerald's experiment in visual writing" (Berman 96), the music of The Great Gatsby echoes ...
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