Great Gatsby Research Guide: Research Databases

Cain, William E. "American Dreaming: Really Reading The Great Gatsby." Society, vol. 57, no. 4, Aug. 2020, pp. 453+. Gale Academic OneFile

Abstract: The author discusses oxymoron and paradoxes in the novel such as the doubleness of the character Gatsby's reaction to the character Daisy. The author analyzes other paradoxes in the novel and suggests that Fitzgerald included oxymorons in the novel to reflect contradictions in the national American psyche.

Hays, Peter L. "Oxymoron in The Great Gatsby." Papers on Language & Literature, vol. 47, no. 3, summer 2011, pp. 318+. Gale Academic OneFile

Abstract: This essay centers around one of the most important yet least examined scenes in "The Great Gatsby": the moment late in the novel when Nick Carraway, wandering past Gatsby's house, catches sight of—and then erases—an obscene word scrawled on Gatsby's steps. This scene then gives way to the last four paragraphs of the novel, which stage Gatsby's final redemption and apotheosis as an American icon. Through foregrounding Nick's act of erasure, Fitzgerald emphasizes the process through which the "whitewashing" of Gatsby's reputation must occur in order for Gatsby's story to become the story of America itself. And by emphasizing this process, Fitzgerald reveals a central uncertainty, or void, that lies within the text's final, transcendent vision. This uncertainty is linked to the historical context of the novel, and to Fitzgerald's own suspicions at the time of those who threatened the group to which he felt he belonged, "the old American aristocracy."

Will, Barbara. "The Great Gatsby and the obscene word." College Literature, vol. 32, no. 4, fall 2005, pp. 125+. Gale Academic OneFile.

Examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's treatment of the subject of the automobile in his novel `The Great Gatsby.' Creative manipulation of the automobile as symbol and image to accomplish a variety of needs; Existing criticism on automobiles in `The Great Gatsby;' Analysis of the episode concerning Tom Buchanan's blue coupe; Depicting the 1920s consumer culture.

O'Meara, Lauraleigh. "Medium of exchange: the blue coupe dialogue in 'The Great Gatsby.' (F. Scott Fitzgerald)." Papers on Language & Literature, vol. 30, no. 1, winter 1994, pp. 73+. Gale Academic OneFile

Topics include the notion of a Golden Age and an Underworld from the writings of the poet Virgil, the historical aspects of the texts "Aeneid" and "Georgics" by Virgil, and the influence of ancient author Petronius on Fitzgerald.

Briggs, Ward. “Petronius and Virgil in The Great Gatsby.” International Journal of the Classical Tradition, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall 1999, p. 226. EBSCOhost

Gutterman, Annabel. “Gatsby, Revisited.” TIME Magazine, vol. 197, no. 1/2, Jan. 2021, pp. 96–97. EBSCOhost

Valiunas, Algis. “The American Art of Murder.” National Affairs, vol. 40, Summer 2019, pp. 147–163. EBSCOhost

DONALDSON, SCOTT. "Possessions in The Great Gatsby." The Southern Review, vol. 37, no. 2, spring 2001, p. 187. Gale Academic OneFile

Giltrow, Janet, and David Stouck. "Style as politics in 'The Great Gatsby.'." Studies in the Novel, vol. 29, no. 4, winter 1997, pp. 476+. Gale Academic OneFile

Bloom, Harold, ed. Jay Gatsby. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Jay Gatsby. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Jay Gatsby. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Jay Gatsby. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Jay Gatsby. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Jay Gatsby. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Jay Gatsby. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004.

Dickstein, Morris. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Salem Press, 2010. EBSCOhost

Pidgeon, John A. “The Great Gatsby.” Modern Age, vol. 49, no. 2, Spring 2007, pp. 178–182. EBSCOhost

It affirms that the book holds an undeniable place among the widely read American literature masterpieces of the twentieth-century. It notes that modern critics support that the novel hinges upon the decadence, corruption, and morality of the post-war society in the industrialized modern world.

Green, Amy M. “CRITICAL CONTEXTS: The Critical Reception of The Great Gatsby.” Critical Insights: The Great Gatsby, Jan. 2010, pp. 39–45. EBSCOhost

It examines how the photographic images in Fitzgerald's novel express and affect the ways its characters think. It supports that the cinematic techniques in Nick Carraway's narration present a mode of perception that photography carries implicit philosophic assumptions beyond entertainment.

Dessner, Lawrence Jay. “CRITICAL READINGS: Photography and The Great Gatsby.” Critical Insights: The Great Gatsby, Jan. 2010, pp. 230–245. EBSCOhost

Particular focus is given to the depiction of the American Dream within the novel, including in regard to the fictional character Nick Carraway's narration of the wealthy character Jay Gatsby's pursuit of the American dream. The book's portrayal of Gatsby's romantic love with fictitious character Daisy Buchanan is discussed.

Nagel, James. “The Great Gatsby and the American Dream.” Critical Insights: The American Dream, May 2013, pp. 113–124. EBSCOhost

Topics discussed include how the key cognitive ideas including figure and ground, mental spaces and the embodied reader influence the readers' perceptions of the book's structure, details and meanings and Keath Fraser's essay on the homoerotic implications of Fitzgerald's novel.

Tredell, Nicolas. “Critical Readings: Grasping The Great Gatsby: A Cognitive Approach.” Critical Approaches to Literature: Psychological, Mar. 2017, pp. 171–186. EBSCOhost