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F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and Damned - New Critical Essays (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,111
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and Damned - New Critical Essays (Paperback): William Blazek, David W. Ullrich, Kirk...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and Damned - New Critical Essays (Paperback)

William Blazek, David W. Ullrich, Kirk Curnutt; Jackson R. Bryer, Sarah Sue Goldsmith, James L.W. West III, Bonnie Shannon McMullen, Walter Raubicheck, Gail D. Sinclair, Joseph K. Stitt

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, has frequently been dismissed as an outlier and curiosity in his oeuvre, a transitional work from the coming-of-age plot of This Side of Paradise to the masterful critique of American aspiration in The Great Gatsby The Beautiful and Damned belongs to a genre that is widely misunderstood, the "bright young things" novel in which spoiled and wealthy characters succumb to decay because of their privilege and lack of purpose. Set between 1913 and 1922, Fitzgerald's longest novel touches on many of the decisive issues that mark the passage from the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era into the Jazz Age: conspicuous consumption, income inequality, yellow journalism, the Great War, the rise of the movie industry, automobile travel, Wall Street stock scams, immigration and xenophobia, and the fixation with youth and aging. Published to coincide with the novel's centennial in 2022, this collection approaches The Beautiful and Damned for its insights more than its faults. Prominent Fitzgerald scholars analyze major themes and reveal unappreciated issues with attention to history, biography, literary influence, gender studies, and narratology. While acknowledging the novel's shortcomings, the essayists illustrate that The Beautiful and Damned has much more to say about its milieu than previously recognized. This collection provides a guide for understanding Fitzgerald's aims while demonstrating the richness of ideas that this novel explores, alongside the anxieties and ambitions that reverberate within it.

General

Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2022
Editors: William Blazek • David W. Ullrich • Kirk Curnutt
Authors: Jackson R. Bryer • Sarah Sue Goldsmith • James L.W. West III • Bonnie Shannon McMullen • Walter Raubicheck • Gail D. Sinclair • Joseph K. Stitt
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-7857-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN: 0-8071-7857-8
Barcode: 9780807178577

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