The Great Gatsby | Modernism in The Great Gatsby
How The Great Gatsby is a modern novel which set the tone for modern and post-modern novels for years to come. Includes an examination of the characters, setting, themes, and overall importance of the novel in American and World literature.
The Great Gatsby, the first truly Modernist novel to find success in the United States, set the tone for the movement that defined American literature well into the present day. In Modernism, Fitzgerald found a way to define his world that would have been impossible in the Nineteenth-century Victorian style that still dominated American writing. In his style, portrayal of American morality and treatment of his characters, Fitzgerald left the Victorian era behind, creating a Modernist masterwork that still serves as a model for American fiction.
The gritty realism of William James and...
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