Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories - Softcover

Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Bruccoli, Matthew J.; Baughman, Judith S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570033714 ISBN 13: 9781570033711

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2001

Synopsis

FOR THE FIRST TIME, all the commercially published short stories F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote before and during his work on what would become his great American novel, The Great Gatsby, have been collected in one volume. Published between 1919 and 1923, these twenty-six stories - most of which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and in two Fitzgerald volumes, Flappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Age - document the striking development of Fitzgerald's professionalism and short-story craftsmanship during his twenties. Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli, the foremost expert on Fitzgerald, the annotated and generously illustrated collection reproduces magazine artwork, manuscripts, advertisements, and photographs that provide a rich contextual backdrop for understanding the ways American life shaped Fitzgerald's fiction.

About this title

About the Author:

MATTHEW J. BRUCCOLI, Emily Brown Jefferies Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, is a leading authority on F. Scott Fitzgerald and American literature of the 1920s. He is the author of Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the editorial director of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. He lives in Colombia.

From Booklist:

This collection of peerless short stories boasts all of the ones Fitzgerald published before the official appearance of \}\{\The Great \}\{Gatsby. Between 1919 and 1923, Fitzgerald crafted a series of tales that expertly captured a unique sector of American society. Originally published in mass-circulation magazines including \}\{\Vanity Fair, \}\{the\}\{\ Satur\}\{day \}\{\Evening Post, \}\{and the\}\{\ Smart Set, \}\{these stories were hugely popular, eventually forming the basis for both \}\{\Flappers and Philosophers \}\{and\}\{\ Tales of the Jazz\}\{ \}\{\Age.\}\{ In addition to reprinting these works--many of which will be familiar to Fitzgerald devotees--the editors have also incorporated an assortment of original magazine artwork, advertisements, photographs, and some of Fitzgerald\\rquote s own critical comments into this superb collection. Margaret Flanagan
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About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1570033714
• ISBN 13: 9781570033711
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Bruccoli Matthew J.