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The great narcissist: A study of Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby

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    Giles Mitchell (professor of English)

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Mitchell, G. The great narcissist: A study of Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby. Am J Psychoanal 51, 387–396 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01251033

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