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The Great Gatsby

Book Review: “The Great Gatsby” — The Greatest American Novel?

There’s no debate: The Great Gatsby is the Great American Novel, with Moby Dick and Huckleberry Finn as also-rans.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: F Scott Fitzgerald, Maureen Corrigan, So We Read On-How The Great Gatsby Came To Be and Why It Endures, The Great Gatsby

REVISED: Judicial Review #11: “The Great Gatsby” — A Great Opera?

This Judicial Review deals with the Boston premiere of John Harbison’s opera version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Read the reactions and join the conversation.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Judicial Review, Opera Tagged: Andy Vores, Emmanuel Music, F Scott Fitzgerald, John Harbison, The Great Gatsby

Fuse Commentary: Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Kitsch? A Glimpse of Baz Luhrmann’s Gatsby

Judging by the trailer for The Great Gatsby, it looks as if director Baz Luhrmann’s habitual excess will overwhelm the lyrical beauty and subtle power of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s prose.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film Tagged: Baz Lurhmann, F Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby, Watch the Throne

Theater Review: All Glory to “Gatz” — “The Great Gatsby” Takes the Stage

In “Gatz,” F Scott Fitzgerald’s words come at the audience like bullets because they are so relevant to so much of American life today. And create the kind of catharsis, that peculiar combination of pity and fear, that is the mark of truly great theater.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Elevator Repair Service, F Scott Fitzgerald, Gatz, John Collins, Public Theater, Scott Sheperd, The Great Gatsby

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