The Crack-Up

F.Scott Fitzgerald

Published by New Directions, 1945

About this Item

1945, First Edition of this collection of essays by Fitzgerald, published posthumously, with correct colors on title page and publishers colophon. Bruccoli. Edited by Edmund Wilson. Tan boards with dark brown binding with black lettering. Slight tearing on both ends of the binding. 347 pages with pencilled underlining throughout by prior owner. The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Contains letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot and John Dos Passos." So begins a collection of essays which can be seen as a reflection of the low point of Fitzgerald s career. Indeed, the essays were poorly received when first published in Esquire magazine in 1936, and many were critical of his personal revelations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Crack-Up
• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket