The Crack–Up - Softcover

Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Wilson, Edmund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811218201 ISBN 13: 9780811218207

Publisher: New Directions, 2009

Synopsis

"The Crack-Up" was first published by New Directions in 1945 and is now being rediscovered by a new generation of readers. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after Fitzgerald's death, "The Crack-Up" tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at age thirty-nine from a life of success and glamor to one of emptiness and despair, and his determined recovery. This vigorous and revealing collection of essays and letters renders the tale of a man whose personality still charms us all and whose reckless gaiety and genious made him a living symbol and the Jazz Age. For those who grew up with "The Great Gatsby" or "Tender is the Night," this extraordinary autobiographical collection provides a unique personal blend of the romance and reality embodied by Fitzgerald's literature and his life.

About this title

About the Author:

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1941) was one of the literary titans of the 20th century. A member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s, Fitzgerald's writings best captured what he termed "The Jazz Age," a period of declining traditional American values, prohibition and speakeasies, and great leaps in modernist trends.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0811218201
• ISBN 13: 9780811218207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352