Books about Fitzgerald's writing

The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald by Ruth Prigozy

Specially-commissioned essays by major scholars present a clear and comprehensive assessment of Fitzgerald. No aspect of his career is overlooked - from his first novel published in 1920, through his more than 170 short stories, to his last unfinished Hollywood novel. Contributions present the reader with an accessible picture of the background of American social and cultural change in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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The Great Gatsby and Modern Times by Ronald Berman

All of Fitzgerald's novels reflect on the changes that the beginning of the twentieth century brought about. The cinema, radio and television, tabloids and the mass media in general changed how we look at the world - and at ourselves. Ronald Berman's book analyses how Fitzgerald tries to work out the implications that modern life had for the individual.

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New Essays on the Great Gatsby by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli

The essays collected in this edition trace the fortunes of The Great Gatsby from its mixed reception and disappointing sales on publication in 1925 to its critical and popular elevation to an undisputed classic of American literature.

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