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‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’: The Great Gatsby in the 1980s
- Author(s):
- Andrew Newman (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- American Literature
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Great Gatsby, Reception studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/a45z-hb71
- Abstract:
- This essay illustrates the application of reception study, the subfield of literary history that emphasises the historical experiences of readers, to pedagogical contexts by investigating the teaching of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) in American high schools during the 1980s. Focusing on the episode in which Jay Gatsby leads Nick and Daisy on a tour of his mansion, the analysis draws on published lesson plans and other primary source documents and reimagines the contemporary cultural contexts to reconsider the novel’s lessons about social class during a decade that saw escalating wealth disparity, mirroring Fitzgerald’s 1920s and anticipating our present.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2018.1458212
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Pub. Date:
- 31 May 2018
- Journal:
- Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 2
- Page Range:
- 208 - 215
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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