"Babylon Revisited"

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This paper shows how F.S. Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" is an important modernist text that deals with the negative side of the economic boom during the American twenties. In particular, the paper examines how, in the book, Fitzgerald comments on the wildness and the excess of the age and shows how the lives of the Americans had solely revolved around money and material gain. The paper also analzyes how "Babylon Revisited" draws upon many experiences of Fitzgerald's personal life.

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"Francis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent modernist writers. His life and career as a writer span two of the most tumultuous economical periods of the United States: the incredible economic boom of the twenties, followed by the tremendous economic crash during the Depression. Born in 1896 is Minnesota, Fitzgerald lived through the time that would later be called "The Roaring Twenties", or, according to the name he himself gave it, "The Jazz Age". The twenties were probably one of the most spectacular decades in the history of the United States. The period is best known perhaps for its economic inconsistency: the economic boom was fallowed by dramatic stock market crashes, which obviously affected the lives of all the people."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Edenbaum, Robert I. 'Babylon Revisited': A Psychological Note on F. Scott Fitzgerald," in Literature and Psychology, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1968, pp. 27-9.
• Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. "Babylon Revisited" in Collected Short Stories. New York: The Modern Library, 1975
• Gallo, Rose Adrienne. "Fable to Fantasy: The Short Fiction," in F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1978, pp. 82-105
• "The 1920s: Era Overview." DISCovering U.S. History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>.

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