Date of Award
1965
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
English
First Advisor
Clifford J. Hand
First Committee Member
Sy Kahy [?]
Second Committee Member
Charles Clerc
Abstract
In his general plan for Tender Is The Night, Fitzgerald delineates Dick Diver as "a natural idealist, a spoiled priets, givin in for various causes to the idea of the haute bourgeoise [sic] and ih his rise to the top of the social world losing his idealism, his talent and turning to drink and dissipation."1
The rise and fall of Dick Diver is the central concern of Tender Is The Night, and an analysis of the novel reveals that Fitzgerald meticulously arranged the details of Diver's intricate destiny. Many readers of the novel, however, were unable to understand the reasons for Dick's ruin, and there was much negative criticism of Dick's characterization shortly after the novel was published.2
Pages
63
Recommended Citation
Seeger, Wendy Martin. (1965). The rise and fall of Dick Diver : the intricate destiny of a spoiled priest. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1596
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