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Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald

About 401 pages (120,344 words) in 29 products

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Author Biography

Name: F . Scott Fitzgerald
Birth Date: September 24, 1896
Death Date: March 10, 1948
Place of Birth: St. Paul, Minnesota
Place of Death: Hollywood, California
Gender: Male

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Biography of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
1308 words, approx. 4.4 pages
The American author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940), a legendary figure of the 1920s, was a scrupulous artist, a graceful stylist, and an exceptional craftsman. His tragic life was an ironic analog to his romantic art. On Sept. 24, 1896, F. Scot...
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Biography of F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald
12405 words, approx. 41.4 pages
Although for the general reader F. Scott Fitzgerald 's fame rests primarily on one novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), his creative life, from youth to early death, found full expression in some 160 short stories. These works not only provided the income tha...
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Biography of F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald
12298 words, approx. 41 pages
An air of transience pervades the biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and slips into their writing. This lack of permanence is a key to understanding their relationship with Paris and France. Unlike such contemporary American wr...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Babylon Revisited Information
3,636 words, approx. 12 pages
"Babylon Revisited" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1930 and first published in the The Saturday Evening Post on February 21, 1931, and had many parallels to Fitzgerald's own life, both personal and historical. “Babylon...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Babylon revisited: Chronicling an ideal
06/27/1999: 458 words, approx. 2 pages
Looking at a society's history through the lens of its living patterns is both fascinating and illuminating. And while the post- World War II suburbanization of the United States is one of the most compelling chapters in any comprehensive study of the subject, the...
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Antiquity
Babylon revisited: archaeology and philology in harness.
12/01/1993: 5,266 words, approx. 18 pages
Newly-discovered cuneiform texts are altering existing beliefs regarding the topography of the ancient city of Babylon. Textual material collected over the years regarding Babylon's topography have allowed archaeologists to make an accurate plot of the various city quarters and to pinpoint the location of...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Seymour L. Gross
4,552 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Gross refutes James M. Harrison's argument that Charlie is still drawn to his former Life.
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Critical Essay by Gene D. Phillips
3,825 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following excerpt, Phillips compares "Babylon Revisited" with a screenplay that Fitzgerald adapted from the story and with a film that was loosely based on the story. Phillips remarks that the quality of the story suffers with each successive adaptation.
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Critical Essay by Carlos Baker
3,725 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following essay, Baker analyzes images of freedom and imprisonment in "Babylon Revisited."
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
F. S. Fitzgerald's Fighting the Past and Self-loathing in "babylon Revisited"
1,737 words, approx. 6 pages
FS Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" portrays the main character Charlie with a strong correllation with Fitzgerald. The bond between Fitzgerald and Charlie Wales is not as shallow as the contempt that Fitzgerald holds for the life that both he and Charlie experienced: both Charlie and Fitzgerald experience financial success, suffering marriages, and alcoholism.
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Essay Grade: 98%
Babylon Revisited
548 words, approx. 2 pages
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited
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Essay Grade: 75%
Comparison: "Babylon Revisited" and "the Swimmer"
848 words, approx. 3 pages
Babylon Revisited by: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Swimmer by: John Cheever



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