Very good to read this as I'm just coming to the end of this book for the first time.
I truly feel the despair at the heart of post WW1 society seeping through every line.
The brief bio of Fitzgerald in my edition contains his definition of 'The Jazz Age' "a generation grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken."
This, I feel, chimes with Yeats in The Second Coming (1920) where "The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Seems like I need to rewatch the movie through this updated view of the world. Great synopsis!
Very good to read this as I'm just coming to the end of this book for the first time.
I truly feel the despair at the heart of post WW1 society seeping through every line.
The brief bio of Fitzgerald in my edition contains his definition of 'The Jazz Age' "a generation grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken."
This, I feel, chimes with Yeats in The Second Coming (1920) where "The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
Grim and sobering.
The more I learn about feminism, the more wicked it becomes. Great article.