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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: The Great Gatsby is an American Dystopia
Description: It’s the UConn Popcast, and on the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, we explore what The Great Gatsby means in America today.In this deep-dive we ask:
What did Gatsby mean in 1925, and how have those meanings changed in 2025?
What mythologies of America does Gatsby circulate, and challenge?
How does Gatsby read to a Brit who never read it in high school, and to an American who only encountered it as an adult?
Is Nick Carraway right that Gatsby is the only pure soul in the story?
Can we rescue utopian imagi...