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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Tales of the Jazz Age (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Product Description
Fitzgerald’s second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), includes two masterpieces - ‘May Day’ and ‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’ - as well as other stories from his earlier career. Tales of the Jazz Age and Other Stories reproduces Tales of the Jazz Age in full, along with several uncollected stories from the early 1920s, including ‘Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar’, a 1923 narrative which closely anticipates the themes and characters of The Great Gatsby. In his introduction James L. W. West III offers an account of the textual history of the stories, reconstructs Fitzgerald’s decisions about which stories to include and exclude, and examines reproductions of surviving manuscripts and typescripts. He supplies a full record of variants, tracing Fitzgerald’s extensive revisions to the stories, and he provides detailed historical notes, references and glosses.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #521259 in Books
- Published on: 2002-07-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 568 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Tales of the Jazz Age is a superb edition of classic literature that would grace any academic or library collection--and is 'must' reading for F. Scott Fitzgerald enthusiasts and fans." The Midwest Book Review
About the Author
James L. W. West III is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, where he directs the Penn State Center for the History of the Book. He is author of a number of books including, most recently, William Styron: A Life (1998), and he is editor of Fitzgerald’s Trimalchio, an early version of The Great Gatsby (Cambridge University Press, 2001).
