F. Scott Fitzgerald on Authorship
Assembling letters and notebook entries with articles and reviews written for publication, F. Scott Fitzgerald on Authorship provides Fitzgerald's public and private writings on his trade and craft. The forty-six selections in this volume construct an autobiographical account of Fitzgerald's twenty-year endeavor to maintain careers as a commercial writer and as a literary artist. Offering a clear sense of his seriousness about writing, they correct misconceptions that have impeded a proper...
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Assembling letters and notebook entries with articles and reviews written for publication, F. Scott Fitzgerald on Authorship provides Fitzgerald's public and private writings on his trade and craft. The forty-six selections in this volume construct an autobiographical account of Fitzgerald's twenty-year endeavor to maintain careers as a commercial writer and as a literary artist. Offering a clear sense of his seriousness about writing, they correct misconceptions that have impeded a proper assessment of Fitzgerald's professional authorship and distorted his reputation as a man of letters. In a substantial introduction to the volume, Matthew J. Bruccoli positions Fitzgerald as a case history for the profession-of-authorship approach to American literary history formulated by William Charvat. Bruccoli notes that more is known about the professional life of Fitzgerald than about that of any other major American author, and, drawing on that wealth of information, he challenges familiar myths about Fitzgerald's squandering of fortunes and literary genius. Bruccoli exposes the error of segregating Fitzgerald's magazine and movie work from his novels, suggesting instead that a symbiotic relationship exists among these works and ties them together. In his own words, Fitzgerald corrects the most condescending and irksome notion about him - that he was a literary ignoramus who wrote brilliantly without knowing what he was doing. As these letters, notebook entries, book reviews, and articles clearly indicate, Fitzgerald reached usable conclusions about the craft of writing, the discipline of authorship, and the obligations of literature.Library JournalIn honor of Fitzgerald's birthday centennial, the University of South Carolina and its press are rolling out the red carpet with a celebration rivaling a party at Gatsby's. The publisher is releasing an unprecedented three volumes by or about the great writer, all of which have been edited by leading Fitzgerald biographer and scholar Bruccoli. The Centenary Exhibition is the program of a unique display of Fitzgerald memorabilia from Bruccoli's private collection on view at the university's Thomas Cooper Library in Columbia (and available on a web site at ). Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi! is a facsimile of the script for the two-act musical comedy written by Fitzgerald as a Princeton undergraduate in 1914. The show will be staged for the first time in 82 years as part of the university's festivities. On Authorship collects 46 pieces that present a portrait of Fitzgerald as both a commercial writer and literary artist. The selections include letters, notebook entries, book reviews, and articles that highlight Fitzgerald's discipline and dedication to the craft of writing. This centenary trilogy is the literary publishing event of the year and the perfect way to honor one of our nation's greatest men of letters. For Fitzgerald aficionados, it is a celebration just this side of paradise. Highly recommended.Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"
Editorial Note9The Man of Letters as Professional11Untitled Review of David Blaize by E. F. Benson (February 1917)23Untitled Review of The Celt and the World by Shane Leslie (May 1917)25Untitled Review of Verses in Peace and War by Shane Leslie (June 1917)27Untitled Review of God, The Invisible King by H. G. Wells (June 1917)29"An Interview with F. Scott Fitzgerald" (1920)33"Contemporary Writers and Their Work, a Series of Autobiographical Letters - F. Scott Fitzgerald" (July 1920)36"Who's Who - and Why" (18 September 1920)38Public Letter to Thomas Boyd (20 February 1921)43"The Baltimore Anti-Christ," Review of Prejudices, Second Series by H. L. Mencken (March 1921)45"Three Soldiers," Review of the Novel by John Dos Passo (25 September 1921)48"Three Cities" (September-October 1921)51"Poor Old Marriage," Review of Brass by Charles G. Norris (November 1921)53"Reminiscences of Donald Stewart" (11 December 1921)55Dust-jacket Statement for John Cournos's Babel (1922)57"Aldous Huxley's Crome Yellow" (26 February 1922)59"Literary Libels - Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald" by Thomas A. Boyd (March 1922)62"What I Was Advised to Do - and Didn't" (22 April 1922)70"Tarkington's Gentle Julia," (7 May 1922)71"Homage to the Victorians," Review of The Oppidan by Shane Leslie (14 May 1922)73"A Rugged Novel," Review of The Love Legend by Woodward Boyd (28 October 1922)76"How I Would Sell My Book If I Were a Bookseller" (15 January 1923)78"The Defeat of Art," Review of The Boy Grew Older by Heywood Broun (21 January 1923)79"Minnesota's Capital in the Role of Main Street," Review of Being Respectable by Grace Flandrau (March 1923)81"Sherwood Anderson on the Marriage Question," Review of Many Marriages by Anderson (4 March 1923)83"10 Best Books I Have Read" (24 April 1923)86"Confessions," Public Letter to Fannie Butcher (19 May 1923)87"Under Fire," Review of Through the Wheat by Thomas Boyd (26 May 1923)88"Censorship or Not" (23 June 1923)90"Prediction Is Made About James Joyce Novel: F. S. Fitzgerald Believes Ulysses Is Great Book of Future" (24 June 1923)91"In Literary New York" (23 December 1923)92"How to Waste Material: A Note on My Generation," Essay, and Review of In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway (May 1926)105"Fitzgerald, Spenglerian" by Harry Salpeter (3 April 1927)111"F. Scott Fitzgerald Is Bored by Efforts at Realism in 'Lit,'" Review of March 1928 Issue of The Nassau Literary Magazine (16 March 1928)115"Fitzgerald Back from Riviera; Is Working on Novel" (9 April 1929)117Statement on Huckleberry Finn (1930)122"One Hundred False Starts" (4 March 1933)125"Ring" (11 October 1933)133Introduction to the Modern Library Reprint of The Great Gatsby (1934)139"My Ten Favorites Plays" (10 September 1934)142"Fitzgerald's Letter of Recommendation for Nathanael West's Guggenheim Fellowship Application" (25 September 1934)143"Author's House" (July 1936)147"Afternoon of an Author" (August 1936)152"Early Success" (October 1937)159"Financing Finnegan" (January 1938)163Dust-jacket Statement for Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run? (1941)176Excerpts from Notebooks178Index191
\ Library JournalIn honor of Fitzgerald's birthday centennial, the University of South Carolina and its press are rolling out the red carpet with a celebration rivaling a party at Gatsby's. The publisher is releasing an unprecedented three volumes by or about the great writer, all of which have been edited by leading Fitzgerald biographer and scholar Bruccoli. The Centenary Exhibition is the program of a unique display of Fitzgerald memorabilia from Bruccoli's private collection on view at the university's Thomas Cooper Library in Columbia (and available on a web site at ). Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi! is a facsimile of the script for the two-act musical comedy written by Fitzgerald as a Princeton undergraduate in 1914. The show will be staged for the first time in 82 years as part of the university's festivities. On Authorship collects 46 pieces that present a portrait of Fitzgerald as both a commercial writer and literary artist. The selections include letters, notebook entries, book reviews, and articles that highlight Fitzgerald's discipline and dedication to the craft of writing. This centenary trilogy is the literary publishing event of the year and the perfect way to honor one of our nation's greatest men of letters. For Fitzgerald aficionados, it is a celebration just this side of paradise. Highly recommended.Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsNoted Fitzgerald scholar Matthew Bruccoli presents 46 selections of the author's writings which together create an account of his 20-year endeavor to maintain careers as both a commercial writer and as a literary artist. Includes a substantial introduction in which Bruccoli reevaluates common myths concerning Fitzgerald's work and argues against segregating his magazine and movie work from his novels. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
