F. Scott Fitzgerald in Context

Explores many of the important social, historical and cultural contexts surrounding the life and works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

About the author

Bryant Mangum is Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to F. Scott Fitzgerald in Context, he is the editor of Modern Library's The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is also author of A Fortune Yet: Money in the Art of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Stories. His essays have appeared in Resources for American Literary Study, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, the Fitzgerald/Hemingway Annual, The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald, New Essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Neglected Stories, and many other books and journals.

Summary

Explores the degree to which Fitzgerald was in tune with the social, historical and cultural contexts of the 1920s and 1930s. Highlighting elements of both high culture and popular culture, this book demonstrates the extent to which Fitzgerald embraced, internalized and came to embody the Jazz Age and Depression Era.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mangum Bryant (Editor), Bryant Mangum (Editor)
• Authors: Bryant Mangum, Bryant (Professor of English Mangum
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 17.12.2015
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
• EAN: 9781107454163
• ISBN: 978-1-107-45416-3
• Pages: 516
• Series: Literature in Context; Literature in Context
• Subjects: English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, The Americas, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000