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“The Colossal Vitality Of His Illusion”: Some Thoughts on Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

by Erika Koss During a 2003 interview, Baz Luhrmann’s motives were questioned for bringing Puccini’s celebrated opera La Boheme to Broadway. The director answered straightforwardly:

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“Fire or Freshness”: Some Thoughts On The Great Gatsby (Part Two)

by Erika Koss “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” American fiction is rife with characters who

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What’s So Great About The Great Gatsby?

by Erika Koss This was the question my friends and I asked, repeatedly, back in 1990, when we were required to read The Great Gatsby

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R&S The Great Gatsby

“The Colossal Vitality Of His Illusion”: Some Thoughts on Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

“Fire or Freshness”: Some Thoughts On The Great Gatsby (Part Two)

What’s So Great About The Great Gatsby?

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