Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is widely seen as the quintessential 'great American novel, ' and the extensive body of criticism on the work bears out its significance in American letters. American Icon traces its reception and its canonical status in American literature, popular…
Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' is widely seen as the quintessential "great American novel," and the extensive criticism on the work bears out its significance in American letters. 'American Icon' traces its reception and its rise to canonical status in American literature, popu…
Franz Kafka's literary career began in the first decade of the twentieth century and produced some of the most fascinating and influential works in all of modern European literature. Now, a hundred years later, the concerns of a new century call for a look at the challenges faci…