The American author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940), a legendary figure of the 1920s, was a scrupulous artist, a graceful stylist, and an exceptional craftsman. His tragic life was an ironic analog to his romantic art. On Sept. 24, 1896, F. Scot...
Although for the general reader F. Scott Fitzgerald 's fame rests primarily on one novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), his creative life, from youth to early death, found full expression in some 160 short stories. These works not only provided the income tha...
An air of transience pervades the biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and slips into their writing. This lack of permanence is a key to understanding their relationship with Paris and France. Unlike such contemporary American wr...
"Babylon Revisited" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1930 and first published in the The Saturday Evening Post on February 21, 1931, and had many parallels to Fitzgerald's own life, both personal and historical. “Babylon...
Looking at a society's history through the lens of its living patterns is both fascinating and illuminating. And while the post- World War II suburbanization of the United States is one of the most compelling chapters in any comprehensive study of the subject, the...
Newly-discovered cuneiform texts are altering existing beliefs regarding the topography of the ancient city of Babylon. Textual material collected over the years regarding Babylon's topography have allowed archaeologists to make an accurate plot of the various city quarters and to pinpoint the location of...
In the following excerpt, Phillips compares "Babylon Revisited" with a screenplay that Fitzgerald adapted from the story and with a film that was loosely based on the story. Phillips remarks that the quality of the story suffers with each successive adaptation.
FS Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" portrays the main character Charlie with a strong correllation with Fitzgerald. The bond between Fitzgerald and Charlie Wales is not as shallow as the contempt that Fitzgerald holds for the life that both he and Charlie experienced: both Charlie and Fitzgerald experience financial success, suffering marriages, and alcoholism.
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