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"MATERIAL WITHOUT BEING REAL": PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE END OF REALITY IN 'THE GREAT GATSBY.'.(F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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From: Studies in the Novel
Date: 19981222
Author:BARRETT, LAURA

The proliferation of photographic images is a central theme in 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Photography is not regarded as realistic, but instead acts as a symbol for the skewed perceptions of the Jazz Age, standing between romanticism and modernism. The solipsizing vision of the character Nick is paralleled by the technology of photography, which complicates notions of reality and objectivity.

The first-class compartment was stifling; the vivid advertising cards of the railroad companies--The Pont du Gard at Arles, the Amphitheatre at Orange, winter sports at ...

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