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The only companion to The Great Gatsby to provide a rich collection of primary documents that illuminates its historical, social and cultural context.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Magic of The Great Gatsby A Literary Analysis: What Makes The Great Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald: Intertwining Life and Work Why Be Honest? The Scandals of the 1920s The Woman Question: Changes during the 1920s Why Not Be Rich? Money in the 1920s The Great Gatsby Then and Now Index

About the Author

DALTON GROSS is Professor of English at Southwest Texas State University. He has a special interest in the literary and social milieu of the United States in the 1920s. With MaryJean Gross he has contributed twelve biographies to American National Biography (forthcoming), seven to the Encyclopedia of American Literature (forthcoming), and articles on The Great Gatsby in Notes and Queries and The Explicator. MARYJEAN GROSS is Assistant Professor of English at Southwest Texas State University. She has a special interest in the history of the novel, with emphasis on nineteenth-century British fiction. With Dalton Gross, she has contributed twelve biographies to American National Biography (forthcoming), and seven to the Encyclopedia of American Literature (forthcoming), and articles on The Great Gatsby in Notes and Queries and The Explicator.