Desire, Resentment and Reprisal: Revisiting the Emotions of Myth in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

Desire, Resentment and Reprisal: Revisiting the Emotions of Myth in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

This article aims to reassess F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby (1925), taking into consideration the myth-critical hypotheses of philosopher René Girard. Specifically, this essay will analyse the concepts of mimetic desire, resentment and reprisal violence as emotional components of my...

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Main Author: Rebeca Gualberto Valverde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-06-01
Series:Amaltea: Revista de Mitocrítica
Subjects:
René Girard
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American literature
myth-criticism
mimetic desire
Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/AMAL/article/view/48140

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