F.Scott Fitzgerald'S Racial Angles and the Business of Literary Greatness (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century) - Softcover
Book 33 of 60: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
Synopsis
This book charts Fitzgerald's use of racial stereotypes to encode the dual nature of his literary ambition: his desire to be on the one hand a popular American entertainer, and on the other to make his mark in an elite, international literary field.
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About the Author
Michael Nowlin is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria in Canada. He has edited Broadview Editions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" (2007) and Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" (2002), and published several articles in the field of twentieth-century American literature in such journals as "American Literature," "Arizona Quarterly," and the "Journal of American Studies."
Review
'Nowlin's scholarly and interesting book illuminates the street-of-dreams intersection where Fitzgerald the literary artist confronted his counterpart, the popular fiction writer.' - Scott Donaldson, Biographer of Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald
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