Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Great Gatsby: Ignatius Critical Edition

The Great Gatsby: Ignatius Critical Edition

Pearce, Joseph
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Mirarchi, Stephen

Paperback

Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $8.95

ISBN10: 1621646831
ISBN13: 9781621646839
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: Jul 25 2025
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.43 Depth: 7.95
Language: English

The Great Gatsby is not only one of the greatest American novels but also one of the most perplexing. Is its theme a peculiar and simplified view of the American Dream as the masculine drive to pursue status, material wealth, and sensual gratification--and the consequences of that pursuit? Fitzgerald's masterwork certainly presents the pains of amorous loss and seems to suggest that wealth does not make for enduring happiness. But is there more to this modern literary classic? Something deeper? Are there elements of what C. S. Lewis called the dialectic of desire? Does the failure of all worldly desires to satisfy our deepest needs suggest a desire and a need for something the world can't provide? Is The Great Gatsby a cautionary tale? If so, about what is it cautioning the reader? These great questions asked by the novel are in need of answers. Such answers are offered or at least suggested by the critics whose essays accompany this edition of Fitzgerald's beguiling novel.

Also from

Pearce, Joseph

View All

Also in

Classic Fiction

View All