American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

1 total work

F.Scott Fitzgerald's Racial Angles and the Business of Literary Greatness

by 1 Michael Nowlin and M Nowlin

Published 10 August 2007

This book charts Fitzgerald's use of racial stereotypes to encode the dual nature of his literary ambition: his desire to be on the one hand a popular American entertainer, and on the other to make his mark in an elite, international literary field.