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dc.contributor.authorPearce, Brianen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-08T07:03:02Z-
dc.date.available2017-03-08T07:03:02Z-
dc.date.issued2016-11-
dc.identifier.citationPearce, B. 2016. Gatsby’s Rolls-Royce : reflections on the automobile and literature. English Academy Review. 33(2): 52-67.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1013-1752 (print)-
dc.identifier.issn1753-5360 (online)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/2318-
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the relationship between the automobile and literature in the early twentieth century. Beginning with a general account of the relationship between the automobile and literature, the final section focuses on a key text, The Great Gatsby, and its treatment of the theme of cars. The essay is discursive and does not attempt to be a definitive account of the topic, which is a vast one, but makes observations which could perhaps lead to further critical discussion. Beginning with the racing driver Sir Henry Birkin’s reproaches to poets for not celebrating the heroism of motor racing, the article concludes by contrasting the idealistic notion of racing with Birkin’s own death, seeing a similarity in it between Jay Gatsby’s illusions relating to the automobile and his own tragic end. The article discusses how cars can symbolize human attributes and aspirations, and how they in their turn have contributed to the modern conception of tragedy.en_US
dc.format.extent16 pen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUNISA Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEnglish Academy review (Online)en_US
dc.subjectAutomobileen_US
dc.subjectScott Fitzgeralden_US
dc.subjectThe Great Gatsbyen_US
dc.subjectJazz Ageen_US
dc.subjectModernityen_US
dc.subjectTragedyen_US
dc.titleGatsby’s Rolls-Royce : reflections on the automobile and literatureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.dut-rims.pubnumDUT-005586en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10131752.2016.1249686-
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