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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.
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.
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