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Into our second panels of day 3 and the great scholarship continues! Let us know what you’re setting with #baas2015

The #baas2015 account that it seems we all…

The #baas2015 account that it seems we all need to be following for tomorrow is @BAASSPUTNIK. But for now @OfficialBAAS is off to bed…

.@sarahchurchwell Gatsby is also response to fears of…

.@sarahchurchwell Gatsby is also response to fears of US art’s immaturity. last passage as declaration of aesthetic independence #baas2015

.@sarahchurchwell we have to build criticism from traces…

.@sarahchurchwell we have to build criticism from traces and ghosts, but criticism has always been a part of Gatsby’s story #baas2015

.@sarahchurchwell Fitzgerald worked with his critics & answered…

.@sarahchurchwell Fitzgerald worked with his critics & answered in their own words. Artists & critics can drink from same springs #baas2015

.@sarahchurchwell Nick being ‘within & without’ – often…

.@sarahchurchwell Nick being ‘within & without’ – often cited as Fitzgerald’s ars poetica- is quoted from critic Paul Rosenfeld #baas2015

.@sarahchurchwell Fitzgerald always conceived of Gatsby as the…

.@sarahchurchwell Fitzgerald always conceived of Gatsby as the Great American Novel #baas2015

.@sarahchurchwell’s talk could be mandatory reading for students…

.@sarahchurchwell’s talk could be mandatory reading for students (& scholars) on the need for historical context to be specific #baas2015

.@sarahchurchwell 1922 a moment of anxiety about making…

.@sarahchurchwell 1922 a moment of anxiety about making of American Literature. Fitzgeralds scrapbook full of clippings on subject #baas2015

.@sarahchurchwell how to write intelligibly on the relationship…

.@sarahchurchwell how to write intelligibly on the relationship btw life & art? Can we complicate relationship btw biography & lit #baas2015