Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2012
Degree Type
Closed Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Audrey Goodman
Second Advisor
Dr. Nancy Chase
Third Advisor
Dr. Stephen B. Dobranski
Abstract
In Tender Is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald retells the story of the Fall from Genesis through psychologist Dick Diver and his wife and patient Nicole, drawing poetic and thematic inspiration from John Milton’s Paradise Lost. This essay traces the progression of the Divers’ fall and ultimate separation through the novel’s three books and considers how the highly autobiographical foundation of the novel, which has drawn considerable critical attention, may in fact allow Fitzgerald to craft a work that aligns with and simultaneously expands upon Milton’s interpretation of the Fall.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/2765505
Recommended Citation
Zaring, Meredith A., ""How Art Thou Lost": Reconsidering the Fall in Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2012.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/2765505