Reader's Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night - Hardcover

Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph; Baughman, Judith S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570030782 ISBN 13: 9781570030789

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 1996

Synopsis

A reader's guide to the Fitzgerald novel peppered with chronological inconsistencies and references to people, places, and events that most readers no longer recognize. Reconstructs the novel's composition, publication, and initial reception, addresses key criticisms of the work, and compares Fitzgerald's plan for restructuring the novel with Malcolm Cowley's 1951 edition, offering line-by-line clarification of characters, terms, and chronology. Includes b&w photos and original illustrations, and appendices on revisions and deleted material. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

Matthew J. Bruccoli is the Emily Brown Jefferies Professor of English at the University of South Carolina.

From Library Journal:

As Bruccoli points out in his introduction, this is not a critical study: it does not analyze the putative meanings of Tender Is the Night. Instead, Bruccoli aims to explore briefly the novel's genesis, creation, publication, and aftermath. The main course of this feast, however, is a lengthy section of explanatory notes on Tender's numerous references. The text is additionally buttressed with photos and illustrations as well as a time scheme and chronology of events. Bruccoli's presentation is thorough without being pedantic, making this quite readable by scholars and students alike. One only hopes that someday this material will be shuffled with Fitzgerald's novel for a long-overdue annotated edition of this greatly underrated work. Academic libraries supporting American literature curricula cannot afford to be without this book. Highly recommended.?Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1570030782
• ISBN 13: 9781570030789
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 263