An American proustian

Reading the The Great Gatsby of Francis Scott Fitzgerald published at 1925 in New York City is a romance of rich American life about twenties years, at last rich middle class, that is told with much particulars that have, in conformity with Hegelian philosophy, universal concept of everything; in fact description of these particulars is, certainly, an experience of read of Marcel Proust, and of his major literary work this is Recherché du temp perdu, published between 1913 and 1927, but at last six books of this work were published at 1925: Du côté de chez Swann, 1913,   À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, 1919, Le côté de Guermantes, 1920,  Sodome et Gomorrhe, 1921-1922,  La prisonnière, 1923, La fugitive or Albertine disparue, 1925; these are six of all Recherché, that are almost contemporary and previous one than French period of Scott Fitzgerald, in fact he lived in French at 1920, same year of Le côté de Guermantes, and 1921, same years of Sodome et Gomorrhe, when he known Gertrude Stein, an intellectual woman, at 1924 he known Sara and Gerald Murphy an American couple that lived in Côte d’Azur, this is French, and he could red Proust and his books with very much particulars that Proust described long his style of narration; in fact in The Great Gatsby much particulars are present but seem useless because haven’t a continuity, but have their nature and their profile that is essential for romance, and Hegelian nature is in particular because everything is in particular, and life of middle class of twenties both American and European is in particulars, this is in descripted objects of romance, that document standard of living and cultural standard, typical of that period and therefore typical of history, and therefore typical of human gender, therefore universal.

Alessandro Lusana