A Conversation about F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Great Gatsby
with Professor Leonardo Buonomo
Feb. 4, 2025 at 18:00
Free and Open to the Public - In English.
"The Great Gatsby" – 100 Years Since Publication
This year marks the centenary of the publication of "The Great Gatsby," one of the most read and beloved novels of all time. Set in the 1920s during the Jazz Age, the book tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man who seeks to rekindle his lost love with Daisy Buchanan. With its themes of dream, hope, and disillusionment, the novel continues to be a powerful reflection on American society and its myth of success.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is one of the most celebrated authors in American literature. Known primarily for his novel "The Great Gatsby," published in 1925, Fitzgerald immortalized the Jazz Age and the American Dream through his stories and novels. His writing, characterized by an elegant and sometimes melancholic style, explores themes such as social decay, the illusion of success, and inner struggle. Despite the economic and personal difficulties that marked his life, Fitzgerald remains a pillar of twentieth-century literature.
Leonardo Buonomo
Leonardo Buonomo is Professor of American Literature at the University of Trieste, Italy. His principal area of specialization is nineteenth-century American literature, with a focus on transatlantic cultural relations and the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James. He is the author of Immigration, Ethnicity, and Class in American Writing, 1830-1860 (2014) and editor of The Sound of James: The Aural Dimension in Henry James’s Work (2021).
