YEAR 11 english (ATAR)
great gatsby

This guide has been developed to support the study of F. Scott Fizgerald's The Great Gatsby. 
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The Author | The Book | Context of the novel

The Author

• Hensley, L. J. (2007). The story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby. Heinemann Library.

• Mizener, A. (1987). Scott Fitzgerald. Thames & Hudson.

• Morretta, A. (2014). F. Scott Fitzgerald and the jazz age. Cavendish Square Publishing.

• Tate, M. J. (2007). Critical companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald: A literary reference to his life and work. Facts on File.

• Ward, D. (n.d.). F. Scott Fitzgerald: biography and works​. Study.com

The Book

• Beaty, K. (2018). Social class in the Great Gatsby​. Study.com

• Bloom, H. (2006). F. Scott Fitzgerald. Chelsea House.

• Bloom, H. (2010). F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby. Chelsea House.

• Boggs, C. (2016). Conflicts in the Great Gatsby​. Study.com

• Boivin, L. (2016). Modernism in the Great Gatsby. Study.com

• Combs, M. (2011). How to analyze the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. ABDO.

• Curnutt, K. (2007). The Cambridge introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Cambridge University Press.

• Dickstein, M. (2010). The great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Salem Press.

• The Great Gatsby. (2002). Spark Publishing.

• Solanki, V. (n.d.). The American dream in the Great Gatsby​. Study.com

• Tate, M. J. (2007). Critical companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald: A literary reference to his life and work. Facts on File.

• Tredell, N. (2007). Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby: A reader's guide. A&C Black.

• ​​​​VideoSparkNotes. (2010, October 13). Video SparkNotes: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Iu29TNfkM​

Context of the novel

• Beaty, K. (2015). Prohibition and the Great Gatsby​. Study.com

• Bright, S.G. (n.d.). Why was the Great Gatsby written? Study.com

• Ferguson, A. (n.d.). American art, pop culture and literature of the 1920s​. Study.com

• Solanki, V. (n.d.). The time period of the Great Gatsby. Study.com

• Nyman, W. (n.d.). The Great Depression: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and other causes​. Study.com

• Richards, A. (2013). America during the Great Depression. Study.com

• Welch, M. (n.d.). 1920s American culture: city life and values. Study.com