So We Read On (Corrigan) - Book Reviews

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Mixing criticism with memoir...Corrigan contends that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel is greater than we think.... Corrigan asserts, Gatsby still doesn’t get its due.... She makes a good case...that our very familiarity with Gatsby’s Great American qualities has caused us to underrate it—and she does much to restore its stature.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review.) [A] literary love letter...information-packed, entertaining.... The Great Gatsby...is examined from many angles—literary, sociological, cultural, personal, and historical.... Bursting with intellectual energy and fun facts —Liz French
Library Journal


(Starred review.) Corrigan's research was as intrepid as her analysis is ardent and expert, and she brings fact, thought, feelings, and personal experiences together in a buoyant, illuminating, and affecting narrative about one depthless novel, the transforming art of reading, and the endless tides that tumble together life and literature.
Booklist


[A]n occasionally self-indulgent but mostly spot-on reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s greatest novel....[Corrigan] does a good job of pointing out what we should be paying attention to,... [and  her] close reading is welcome, though one hopes that readers will first revisit Fitzgerald’s pages before dipping into hers.
Kirkus Reviews