The Romantic Egoists: A Pictorial Autobiography from the Scrapbooks and Albums of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
This pictorial autobiography of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald documents two lives that have become legendary. The Romantic Egoists draws almost entirely from the scrapbooks and photograph albums that the Fitzgeralds scrupulously kept as their personal record and provides a wealth of illustrative material not previously available.\ In a unique way this book gives Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own story. The variety is surprising: Fitzgerald's thoughts about his early loves in St. Paul, Minnesota;...
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In this reprint of the 1974 (Scribner) pictorial autobiography of these Jazz Age darlings, Bruccoli (English, U. of South Carolina) discusses the revival of interest in the author of The Great Gatsby. Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, the late only child of the famous but beleaguered couple introduces her parents' revealing notes and illustrations as being mainly from unpublished family scrapbooks and photo albums. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Library Journal When this volume debuted in 1974, LJ's reviewer found it "more powerful than any [work] on the Fitzgeralds. A most interesting and fascinating book." Arranged by leading FSF scholar Bruccoli, along with the Fitzgeralds' daughter, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, and American Heritage editor Joan P. Kerr, this collection presents the couple's life together and apart through pictures, letters, and newspaper clippings in scrapbook fashion. The beginning of each section also features a chronology of events, such as the publications of Scott's stories and their journeys abroad. The result is very personal and very effective and makes the perfect companion to Bruccoli's top Fitzgerald biography, Some Sort of Epic Grandeur. Essential. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
\ Library JournalWhen this volume debuted in 1974, LJ's reviewer found it "more powerful than any [work] on the Fitzgeralds. A most interesting and fascinating book." Arranged by leading FSF scholar Bruccoli, along with the Fitzgeralds' daughter, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, and American Heritage editor Joan P. Kerr, this collection presents the couple's life together and apart through pictures, letters, and newspaper clippings in scrapbook fashion. The beginning of each section also features a chronology of events, such as the publications of Scott's stories and their journeys abroad. The result is very personal and very effective and makes the perfect companion to Bruccoli's top Fitzgerald biography, Some Sort of Epic Grandeur. Essential. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \
