The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, 1925
“American Dream Faces Harsh New Reality,” Ari Shapiro, National Public Radio, May 29, 2012
Central Claims and Conclusions, excerpt from “Counterpoint as Technique in The Great Gatsby,” James M. Mellard, National Council of Teachers of English, 1966
“Counterpoint as Technique in The Great Gatsby,” James M. Mellard, National Council of Teachers of English, 1966
Excerpt from “Unreliable Narration in The Great Gatsby,” Thomas E. Boyle, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, 1969
“Interpretive Claims,” excerpt from Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days, Scott Donaldson, Columbia University Press, 2009
“Jay Gatsby: A Dreamer Doomed to Be Excluded. The Novelist Jesmyn Ward Explains.,” Jesmyn Ward, The New York Times Company, 2018
“The Trouble with Nick: Reading Gatsby Closely,” excerpt from Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days, Scott Donaldson, Columbia University Press, 2009
Optional
“Celestial Eyes: From Metamorphosis to Masterpiece,” Charles Scribner III, Princeton University Library, 1992