The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald

Klappentext Specially commissioned essays by major Fitzgerald scholars present a clear and comprehensive assessment of F. Scott Fitzgerald. No aspect of his career is overlooked, from his first novel published in 1920, through his more than 170 short stories, to his last unfinished Hollywood novel. Zusammenfassung Specially commissioned essays by major Fitzgerald scholars present a clear and comprehensive assessment of F. Scott Fitzgerald. No aspect of his career is overlooked! from his first novel published in 1920! through his more than 170 short stories! to his last unfinished Hollywood novel. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Chronology; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Scott, Zelda, and the culture of celebrity Ruth Prigozy; 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald, age consciousness, and the rise of American youth culture Kirk Curnutt; 3. The question of vocation in This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned James L. W. West III; 4. The short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Bryant Mangum; 5. The Great Gatsby and the twenties Ronald Berman; 6. Tender is the Night and American history Milton R. Stern; 7. Things not in the guidebook: Fitzgerald's expatriate years and the European experience J. Gerald Kennedy; 8. Women in Fitzgerald's fiction Rena Sanderson; 9. Fitzgerald's non-fiction Scott Donaldson; 10. Fitzgerald and Hollywood Alan Margolies; 11. The critical reputation of F. Scott Fitzgerald Jackson R. Bryer; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Prigozy
• Assisted by: Ruth Prigozy (Editor), Ruth (Hofstra University Prigozy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2001
• EAN: 9780521624749
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62474-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Print On Demand; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law