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The crack-up / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited by Edmund Wilson.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 (author). Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972 (editor.).

Summary:

The Crack-Up" tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at age thirty-nine from a life of success and glamor to one of emptiness and despair, and his determined recovery. This vigorous and revealing collection of essays and letters renders the tale of a man whose personality still charms us all and whose reckless gaiety and genious made him a living symbol and the Jazz Age. For those who grew up with "The Great Gatsby" or "Tender is the Night," this extraordinary autobiographical collection provides a unique personal blend of the romance and reality embodied by Fitzgerald's literature and his life.

Record details

ISBN: 9780811218207
ISBN: 0811218201
Physical Description: 347 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Echoes of the Jazz Age -- My lost city -- Ring -- "Show Mr. and Mrs. F. to number -- / by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald -- Auction -- model 1934 / by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald -- Sleeping and waking -- The crack-up -- Early success -- The note-books. Anecdotes ; Bright clippings ; Conversation and things overheard ; Descriptions of things and atmosphere ; Epigrams, wisecracks, and jokes ; Feelings and emotions (without girls) ; Descriptions of girls ; Descriptions of humanity (physical) ; Ideas ; Jingles and songs ; Karacters ; Literary ; Moments (what people do) ; Nonsense and stray phrases ; Observations ; Rough stuff ; Scenes and situations ; Titles ; Unclassified ; Vernacular ; Youth and army -- Letters to friends -- Letters to Frances Scott Fitzgerald -- Three letters about "The great Gatsby" / from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton and T.S. Eliot -- A letter from John Dos Passos -- A letter from Thomas Wolfe -- F. Scott Fitzgerald / by Paul Rosenfeld -- The moral of Scott Fitzgerald / by Glenway Wescott -- A note on Fitzgerald / by John Dos Passos -- The hours / by John Peale Bishop.