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Years before the publication of "Catch-22" ("A monumental artifact
of contemporary literature" -- "The New York Times;" "An
apocalyptic masterpiece" -- "Chicago Sun-Times;" "One of the most
bitterly funny works in the language" -- "The New Republic"),
Joseph Heller began sharpening his skills as a writer, searching
for the voice that would best express his own peculiarly wry view
of the world.
In "Catch As Catch Can, " editors Matthew J. Bruccoli and Park
Bucker have for the first time collected the short stories Heller
published prior to that first novel, along with all the other short
pieces of fiction and nonfiction that were published during his
lifetime. Also included are five previously unpublished short
stories, most reflecting the influence on Heller of urban
naturalist writers such as Irwin Shaw and Nelson Algren.
The result is an important and significant addition to our
understanding and appreciation of Joseph Heller, showing his
evolution as a writer and artist. For those unfamiliar with his
work, it will serve as an excellent introduction; for everyone
else, "Catch As Catch Can" is a chance to explore a new aspect of
Heller's remarkable career.
The Romance of Regionalism in the Work of F. Scott and Zelda
Fitzgerald: The South Side of Paradise explores resonances of
"Southernness" in works by American culture's leading literary
couple. At the height of their fame, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
dramatized their relationship as a romance of regionalism, as the
charming tale of a Northern man wooing a Southern belle. Their
writing exposes deeper sectional conflicts, however: from the
seemingly unexorcisable fixation with the Civil War and the
historical revisionism of the Lost Cause to popular culture's
depiction of the South as an artistically deprived, economically
broken backwater, the couple challenged early twentieth-century
stereotypes of life below the Mason-Dixon line. From their most
famous efforts (The Great Gatsby and Save Me the Waltz) to their
more overlooked and obscure (Scott's 1932 story "Family in the
Wind," Zelda's "The Iceberg," published in 1918 before she even met
her husband), Scott and Zelda returned obsessively to the
challenges of defining Southern identity in a country in which
"going south" meant decay and dissolution. Contributors to this
volume tackle a range of Southern topics, including belle culture,
the picturesque and the Gothic, Confederate commemoration and race
relations, and regional reconciliation. As the collection
demonstrates, the Fitzgeralds' fortuitous meeting in Montgomery,
Alabama, in 1918 sparked a Southern renascence in miniature.
This book provides a descriptive inventory of the major components
in the Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli Collection of F. Scott
Fitzgerald in the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South
Carolina in Columbia. The collection documents the literary career
and thought of one of America's greatest novelists. The catalogue
includes a listing of editions of all English-language printings of
books by Fitzgerald including proof and review copies and the
collection's many books inscribed by the author. Fitzgerald
manuscripts, revised typescripts, correspondence, and business
documents are also cited, as well as Fitzgerald screenplays and
Princetoniana. There is a separate section on Zelda Fitzgerald.
Highlights of the collection include the only set of unrevised
galleys for The Great Gatsby, titled Trimalchio; one of the two
existing acting scripts for Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi!; Fitzgerald's
annotated copy of James Joyce's Ulysses; a copy of Ernest
Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls inscribed to Fitzgerald; and
Fitzgerald memorabilia such as his engraved whiskey flask, a
briefcase, and other family materials. Each item is described in
detail - including title, publication information, and call number,
where relevant, and explanatory notes. Many items in the
collection, including all Fitzgerald inscriptions, are illustrated.
The Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli Collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald
at the University of South Carolina provides a valuable resource
not only for Fitzgerald scholars, but also for those interested in
Fitzgerald's friends and literary associates (including Ernest
Hemingway, James Joyce, Ring Lardner, John Dos Passos, and Maxwell
Perkins) and in American culture between the world wars.
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