Bayles, Martha.
"What makes Gatsby great?" Claremont Review of Books Summer 2013:
94+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com.db12.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA343944971&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ircc&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=d5f62216123a9587d539e2973b1bb97d>.
Bayles presents a negative review of the 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby and details where and
why it does not live up to Fitzgerald’s story.
Donaldson, Scott.
"F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald." American Novelists, 1910-1945. Ed. James J. Martine. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1981. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 9. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com.db12.linccweb.org/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1200000189&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ircc&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=0b628401c36bdb3dfeefc05568c91882>.
A biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby and many other short stories.
Fitzgerald,
F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York:
Scribner, 1953. Print.
"The Great
Gatsby." Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream. Ed.
Anne Marie Hacht. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2007. 264-276. Literary Themes for
Students. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX2895300032&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ircc&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=6c008221def950089d0688edf2aaa909>.
Hacht provides a brief summary of The
Great Gatsby chapter by chapter, a short biography of Fitzgerald, and a
briefing on the world events at the time the story was written in 1925. A
critical overview of the story is included along with deeper discussion of the
themes present throughout.
Marshall, Lee.
"Gatsby forever." Queen's Quarterly 120.2 (2013):
194+. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 6 Oct. 2013. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA335735751&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ircc&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=d7842f1a9423cca63b033a4ecf4261f4>.
Marshall reviews the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby and focuses on how the actors did their jobs to
portray the characters from the book.
Northman, Phillip. The Great Gatsby Notes: Including
Introduction, Life Of Fitzgerald, Brief Synopsis, List Of Characters, Chapter
Commentaries, Notes On Characters, Critical Review, Review Questions, Selected
Bibliography. Lincoln, Neb: Cliff's Notes, 1966. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 6 Oct. 2013. Northman provides a
brief background on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life events and how they played a
role in the writing of The Great Gatsby.
The story is broken down chapter by chapter to explain any underlying meanings
or themes within. Each character in the story is discussed in detail. References
between the characters and Fitzgerald’s acquaintances in real life are brought
to light.
Roulston, Robert, and
Helen H. Roulston. "The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Opulent
Synthesis (1925)." The Winding Road to West Egg: The Artistic
Development of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Lewisburg, Penn.: Bucknell University
Press, 1995. 155-169. Rpt. in Children's Literature Review. Ed.
Jelena Krstovic. Vol. 176. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Literature Resources
from Gale. Web. 6 Oct. 2013.
<http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1420110007&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ircc&it=r&p=LitRG&sw=w&asid=d9aeddacae6c0ec00c3ffc37ebbfdd8d>.
Roulston and Roulston describe the links between F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
personality and traits to those he shares with Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and Nick
Carraway in The Great Gatsby.
Similarities between the events in the story and events throughout Fitzgerald’s
life are also described.
