Understanding the Great Gatsby: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

Table of contents

• The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series ii
• Title Page iii
• Copyright Acknowledgments v
• Contents vii
• Introduction xi
• 1 - Literary Analysis: What Makes the Great Gatsby Great 1
• 2 - The Great Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald: Intertwining of Life and Work 17
• The World's Work on This Side of Paradise 28
• Topics for Written or Oral Exploration 34
• 3 - Why Be Honest! the Scandals of the 1920s 35
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 40
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 49
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 55
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 63
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 66
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 67
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 71
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 73
• From "Gambler Who Defied Police is Shot Dead" (new York Times, July 16, 1912) 76
• From the Testimony of Edward L. Doheny Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Public Lands and Surveys (the Teapot Dome Documents: A Microfilm Project of University Publications of America, 1975, Pp. 1771-75, 1778-82) 81
• From "Texas Guinan Jailed in Dry Raid on Club" (new York Times, February 17, 1927) 94
• From "Texas Guinan Held in Cell Nine Hours" (new York Times, February 18, 1927) 95
• From "Texas Guinan Held in Cell Nine Hours" (new York Times, February 18, 1927) 96
• From "Texas Guinan Held in Cell Nine Hours" (new York Times, February 18, 1927) 98
• From "Texas Guinan Held in Cell Nine Hours" (new York Times, February 18, 1927) 98
• From "Texas Guinan Held in Cell Nine Hours" (new York Times, February 18, 1927) 99
• From "Texas Guinan Held on Nuisance Charge" (new York Times, February 26, 1927) 100
• From "Texas Guinan Held on Nuisance Charge" (new York Times, February 26, 1927) 100
• From "Texas Guinan Held on Nuisance Charge" (new York Times, February 26, 1927) 101
• From "Texas Guinan Held on Nuisance Charge" (new York Times, February 26, 1927) 102
• From "Texas Guinan Held on Nuisance Charge" (new York Times, February 26, 1927) 106
• 4 - The Woman Question: Changes During the 1920s 109
• From Helen Christine Bennett, "Does Business Give Women a Square Deal?" (American Magazine, February 1929, Pp. 40, 96, 97, 102, 104) 129
• 5 - Why Not Be Rich? Money in the 1920s 149
• 6 - The Great Gatsby Then and Now 167
• Index 173
• About the Authors 178

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