F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography

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A comprehensive study of the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, related in two-year chapters by twenty-three leading writers on the Jazz Age author &“There never was a good biography of a novelist,&” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Crack-Up. &“There couldn&’t be. He is too many people, if he&’s any good.&” Fitzgerald, a good novelist by any measure, has tested this challenge to the biographer&’s art. A new star illuminating the literary scene; a chronicler of the Jazz Age in all its brilliance and tarnish; a romantic symbol of the American century; an acute observer of society&’s best and worst, and of his own star-crossed career; a midlife burnout at forty-four, leaving an unfinished masterpiece in his wake—he was a man of many aspects, a writer whose complexity and multitudes this composite biography finally aptly portrays. Bringing together twenty-three leading writers and scholars on Fitzgerald, each focusing on two years of his life, this volume takes its cue from Henry James&’s remark, cited by preeminent Fitzgerald biographer Scott Donaldson: &“The whole of anything is never told; you can only take what groups together.&” F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography presents a new way of &“grouping together&” biographical material and perspectives, considering from various angles the author's best-known works as well as understudied writings, including neglected stories and forays into autobiography such as &“What I Think and Feel at 25&” and &“How to Live on $36,000 a Year.&” The glamor and fame that made F. Scott and Zelda mythic figures of their time appear here alongside the personal experiences that he occasionally included in his writing: the beginnings as well as the poignant end; the literary relationships that informed and framed his work, set against solitary effort, fame, and failures. This remarkable study of F. Scott Fitzgerald reflects the multifaceted whole of a &“life in many parts&” in new and revelatory ways. Contributors: Jade Broughton Adams; Ronald Berman; William Blazek, Liverpool Hope U; Elisabeth Bouzonviller, Jean Monnet U; Jackson Bryer, U of Maryland; Kirk Curnutt, Troy U; Catherine Delesalle-Nancey, U Jean Moulin Lyon 3; Scott Donaldson; Kayla Forrest; Marie-Agnès Gay, U Jean Moulin Lyon 3; Joel Kabot, U of Maryland, Baltimore; Sara Kosiba; Arne Lunde, U of California, Los Angeles; Bryant Mangum, Virginia Commonwealth U; Martina Mastandrea; Philip McGowan, Queen&’s U Belfast; David Page; Walter Raubicheck, Pace U; Ross Tangedal, U of Wisconsin–Stevens Point; Helen Turner, Linnaeus U; James L. W. West III, Pennsylvania State U.
Copyright:
2023

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
448 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781452970004
Related ISBNs:
9781517915858
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
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Copyrighted By:
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
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Bookshare Staff
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Edited by:
Niklas Salmose
Edited by:
David Rennie

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