Art of Manliness Podcast #125: The Great Gatsby With Maureen Corrigan

Originally published July 2015 I know it’s cliche, but my all-time favorite novel is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. To me it offers prescient warnings on the perils of a consumer society and perfectly captures the American drive to strive for the unattainable, even if it results in tragedy. NPR’s literary critic, Maureen Corrigan, is also a huge Gatsby fan. A far bigger one than I am, in fact! She’s read the book 67 times and has even sat through a seven-hour reading/performance of its text. In her latest book, So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures, Maureen takes us on a cultural/historical tour of a true classic. She wanted to uncover what it is about a novel written about Jazz Age New York that resonates with Americans nearly a century later. In today’s podcast, we discuss what she found in her search. If you’re a fan of the Gatsby, this is a must-listen. Show Highlights Why The Great Gatsby was a critical and commercial flop when it was first published and how it became the Great American Novel Why Gatsby still resonates with readers 90 years after it was published How Gatsby was a predecessor of the hard-boiled detective novel The novels that have been published in the past 20 years that are as timeless as Gatsby What you can do to make Gatsby a more engaging read the next time you dig into it And much more! Show notes Follow us! https://ift.tt/1FOPIX2 http://twitter.com/artofmanliness https://ift.tt/YAd15k https://ift.tt/1DUJeqE