Fitzgerald Society, Cultural and Historical Background

Background: Cultural and History

Pittsburg State University, College of Arts and Science, Pittsburg, KS —Jazz Age Literature and Culture
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Grail Quest: The Fisher King: especially relevant, Part IV The Waste Land: a concept adapted by modernists, such as FSF and T.S. Eliot, to symbolize contemporary social disorder and moral decay; and Part V The Grail Knight: some critics interpret Gatsby as a kind of modern-day knight and Daisy as the false grail of his quest.
El Greco Nick's comparison to the night scene by El Greco: "West Egg especially still figures in my more fantastic dreams. I see it as a night scene by El Greco: a hundred houses . . . crouching under a sullen, overhanging sky and a lusterless moon" (185).

If you are interested in the life and works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, you are welcomed.

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