Jackson R. Bryer (EDT), Alan Margolies (EDT), Ruth Prigozy (EDT) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Annotation

Years after his death, F. Scott Fitzgerald continues to captivate both the popular and the critical imagination. This collection of essays presents fresh insights into his writing, discussing neglected texts and approaching familiar works from new perspectives.Seventeen scholarly articles deal not only with Fitzgeralds novels but with his stories and essays as well, considering such topics as the Roman Catholic background of The Beautiful and Damned and the influence of Mark Twain on Fitzgeralds work and self-conception. The volume also features four personal essays by Fitzgeralds friends Budd Schulberg, Frances Kroll Ring, publisher Charles Scribner III, and writer George Garrett that shed new light on his personal and professional lives. Together these contributions demonstrate the continued vitality of Fitzgeralds work and establish new directions for ongoing discussions of his life and writing.