| The Crack-Up Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author), Wilson, Edmund (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0811218201 ISBN-13: 9780811218207 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: A self-portrait of a great writer 's rise and fall, intensely personal and etched with Fitzgerald's signature blend of romance and realism. "The Crack-Up" tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays--as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos--tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. "Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly," noted "The New York Review of Books": "the essays are amazing for the candor." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.7 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays--as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos--tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly, noted The New York Review of Books: the essays are amazing for the candor. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott: - F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1941) was one of the literary titans of the 20th century. A member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s, Fitzgerald's writings best captured what he termed "The Jazz Age," a period of declining traditional American values, prohibition and speakeasies, and great leaps in modernist trends. |