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F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Scene by Ronald Berman is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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A 2018 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title A study of the philosophical, intellectual, and political influences on the artistic creations of Fitzgerald and key early American modernist writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Scene continues Ronald Berman's lifelong study of the philosophical, intellectual, and political influences on the artistic creations of key early American modernist writers. Each chapter in this volume elaborates on a crucial aspect of F. Scott Fitzgerald's depiction of American society, specifically through the lens of the social sciences that most influenced his writing and thinking. Berman addresses, among other subjects, Fitzgerald's use of philosophy, cultural analyses, and sociology—all enriched by the insights of his own experience living an American life. He was especially interested in how life had changed from 1910 to 1920. Many Americans were unable to navigate between the 1920s and their own memories of a very different world before the Great War; especially Daisy Buchanan who evolves from girlhood (as typified in sentimental novels of the time) to wifehood (as actually experienced in the new decade). There is a profound similarity between what
Who reads F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Scene?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ronald Berman
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press; The University of Alabama Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780817391492
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- History, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25