The Blade and the Gambler

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Norman Mailer

Authors

  • Michael K. Glenday Open University Author

Keywords:

F. Scott Fitzgerald, literary influence, style and voice, American Dream, identity and self-fashioning, authorship and integrity, cultural decline, intertextuality

Abstract

An examination of the interconnections between the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Norman Mailer.

Author Biography

  • Michael K. Glenday, Open University

    Michael K. Glenday was appointed Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Literature at the Open University, United Kingdom in 2005. Among his publications are Norman Mailer (1995) and F. Scott Fitzgerald (2012). He is co-editor of American Mythologies: Essays on Contemporary Literature (2005) and a co-editor of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review.

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Published

2026-10-09

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2012): Why Mailer Matters

Section

Articles