A New Way to Read Gatsby.

  • Published In: Atlantic, 2023, v. 331, n. 2. P. 66 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Vereen, Alonzo 3 of 3

Abstract

Culture & Critics Of all the books in the 10th-grade curriculum, the class set of The Great Gatsby was what we teachers most coveted. Yet Janet Savage, in Jay Gatsby: A Black Man in Whiteface (2017), explains that the initial title for the novel - Trimal- chio in West Egg - refers to the former slave in Petro- nius's novel, The Satyricon. Thompson trains his focus on Jay Gatsby, flagging what he sees as telltale physical traits - his "brown, hardening body", in Fitzgerald's words, and hair that "looked as though it were trimmed every day.". [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Atlantic. 2023/03, Vol. 331, Issue 2, p66
  • Document Type:Interview
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1072-7825
  • Accession Number:161754639
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