Is The Great Gatsby the Great American Novel?

[Bekah]

Yes to those Laura mentioned plus: 

Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence 
Toni Morrison for Beloved 
 Zora Neale Hurston for Their Eyes Were Watching God
Kate Chopin for The Awakening
Pearl Buck for The Good Earth
Jane Smiley for The Greenlanders
Alice Walker for The Color Purple

 
Bekah



On May 4, 2013, at 11:50 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> My Antonia - Willa Cather
> The Dollmaker - Harriet Arnow
> To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (much beloved, though lacking in subtext)
> 
> Haven't read Edith Wharton, so don't know if she belongs. 
> 
> Personally, I think Gatsby doesn't hold up in this day and age. If anything, the impending, glitzed up Luhrman (sounds like lurid) confirms my opinion. 
> 
> Laura
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: alice wellintown 
> Sent: May 4, 2013 2:36 PM 
> To: pynchon -l 
> Subject: Re: Is The Great Gatsby the Great American Novel? 
> 
> Say Fell-uzz, howz about puttin a lady on, dat dare list use is may kin? Aint we got nothin to say what use boys finds worthy of readin wit he same set of eyes as use read wit when all those macho authors is concerned? 
> 
> 
> 
> On Saturday, May 4, 2013, Ian Livingston wrote:
> Covers my take on Gatsby:  http://skreened.com/daydream/ain-t-no-party-like-a-gatsby-party
> 
> And where's Papa? 
> 
> I'd need more contemplating time to make a list....
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:31 AM, <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lolita
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
> From: kelber at mindspring.com
> Sender: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 11:23:40 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> ReplyTo: kelber at mindspring.com
> Subject: Re: Is The Great Gatsby the Great American Novel?
> 
> USA - Dos Passos
> 
> LK
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: David Morris 
> Sent: May 4, 2013 11:20 AM 
> To: Mark Kohut 
> Cc: alice wellintown , pynchon -l 
> Subject: Re: Is The Great Gatsby the Great American Novel? 
> 
> A faulty list doesn't include Faulkner.  And I don't think All the King's Men fits this league.
> 
> On Saturday, May 4, 2013, Mark Kohut wrote:
> Great American Novels:
> Moby Dick
> Huck Finn
> The Great Gatsby
> The Scarlet Letter
> The Grapes of Wrath (?)...does anyone ever reread?
> All the King's Men
> Portrait of a Lady
> Invisible Man
> Augie March or Herzog?
> Gravity's Rainbow
> Against the Day
>  
> 11 of a top 10 list...(I guess Steinbeck would have to be dropped but that feels not just to the Joads.
>  
> Argue and creat your own list, Plisters.....
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