[Mitworld] New: Leo Marx on Jay Gatsby and American Myths

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JAY GATSBY AND THE MYTH OF AMERICAN ORIGINS

In this final lecture from the Myths about America series, Leo Marx
discusses central themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel and connects
them to our modern political landscape. Marx's insights will likely send
you to the library to re-read this American classic.

Speaker:
	Leo Marx
 		Kenan Professor of American Cultural History (Emeritus) Program
		in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/269/>

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