Tales of the Jazz Age
(Sprache: Englisch)
Scholarly edition of Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories and other previously uncollected stories.
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Scholarly edition of Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories and other previously uncollected stories.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Tales of the Jazz Age “
Introduction; Tales of the Jazz Age; Additional stories, May 1923-March 1925; Record of variants; Explanatory notes; Appendix 1. Dummy table of contents; Appendix 2. Composition, publication, and earnings.
Autoren-Porträt von F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short-story writer, although he was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age-a term which he coined. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four collections of short stories, and 164 short stories. Although he temporarily achieved popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald only received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald was born into an upper-middle-class family in St. Paul, Minnesota, but was primarily raised in New York. He attended Princeton University, but due to a failed relationship and a preoccupation with writing, he dropped out in 1917 to join the army. While stationed in Alabama, he fell in love with rich socialite Zelda Sayre. Although she initially rejected him due to his financial situation, Zelda agreed to marry Fitzgerald after he had published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise (1920). In the 1920s, Fitzgerald frequented Europe, where he was influenced by the modernist writers and artists of the "Lost Generation" expatriate community, particularly Ernest Hemingway. His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), propelled him into the New York City elite. To maintain his lifestyle during this time, he also wrote several stories for magazines. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was inspired by his rise to fame and relationship with Zelda. Although it received mixed reviews, The Great Gatsby is now widely praised, with some even labeling it the "Great American Novel". While Zelda was placed at a mental institute for her schizophrenia, Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night (1934). Faced with financial difficulties due to the declining popularity of his works, Fitzgerald turned to Hollywood, writing and revising screenplays.
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After a long struggle with alcoholism, he died in 1940, at the age of 44. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon (1941), was completed by Edmund Wilson and published after Fitzgerald's death.
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 2002, 568 Seiten, Maße: 14,5 x 22,2 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: James L. W. West III
- Verlag: CAMBRIDGE
- ISBN-10: 0521402387
- ISBN-13: 9780521402385
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Englisch
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"Tales of the Jazz Age is a superb edition of classic literature that would grace any academic or library collection--and is 'must' reading for F. Scott Fitzgerald enthusiasts and fans." The Midwest Book Review
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