{"product_id":"under-the-red-white-and-blue-patriotism-disenchantment-and-the-stubborn-myth-of-the-great-gatsby-paperback","title":"Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreil Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"astute, challenging, and far-reaching\" look (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred) at how F. Scott Fitzgerald's vision of the American Dream has been understood, portrayed, distorted, misused, and kept alive\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I found great pleasure in . . . \u003ci\u003eUnder the Red White and Blue . . . \u003c\/i\u003eabout the idea of the American dream, its allure, the exploitation of it.\" --Percival Everett, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \"By The Book\" section\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Renowned critic Greil Marcus takes on the fascinating legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e. An enthralling parable (or a cheap metaphor) of the American Dream as a beckoning finger toward a con game, a kind of virus infecting artists of all sorts over nearly a century, Fitzgerald's story has become a key to American culture and American life itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marcus follows the arc of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e from 1925 into the ways it has insinuated itself into works by writers such as Philip Roth and Raymond Chandler; found echoes in the work of performers from Jelly Roll Morton to Lana Del Rey; and continued to rewrite both its own story and that of the country at large in the hands of dramatists and filmmakers from the 1920s to John Collins's 2006 \u003ci\u003eGatz \u003c\/i\u003eand Baz Luhrmann's critically reviled (here celebrated) 2013 movie version--the fourth, so far.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreil Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e has written many books including \u003ci\u003eMystery Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLipstick Traces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e With Werner Sollors he is the editor of \u003ci\u003eA New Literary History of America. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Oakland, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.5 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767566467360,"sku":"9780300261394","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8b2c915192d71946ad189ca2145b717b.webp?v=1780313295","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/under-the-red-white-and-blue-patriotism-disenchantment-and-the-stubborn-myth-of-the-great-gatsby-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}