Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): Hemingway/Fitzgerald
Articles

Fabric as a Measure of Wealth in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and “May Day”

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  • Tegan Ross McMonagle
Tegan Ross McMonagle
Muhlenberg College

Published 2026-04-29

Keywords

  • fashion,
  • modernism,
  • class,
  • postwar,
  • Jazz age,
  • wealth,
  • design,
  • consumer culture,
  • advertising,
  • mass production,
  • industrial revolution,
  • labor movements
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How to Cite

McMonagle, T. R. (2026). Fabric as a Measure of Wealth in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and “May Day”. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 4(1). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/74

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Abstract

Fitzgerald integrates detailed descriptions of clothing into many of his works to demonstrate the extent to which the fabric a character wears is an expression of their wealth.

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