F. Scott Fitzgerald Summary

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940) Perhaps because so much of his writing is autobiographical, F. Scott Fitzgerald is as famous for his personal life as he is for his writing. In his career as a writer,... Read more

F. Scott Fitzgerald Born September 24, 1896 (St. Paul, Minnesota)Died December 21, 1940 (Los Angeles, California) Novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was probably the most gifted and i... Read more

Biography EssayF. Scott Fitzgerald was a writer very much of his own time. As Malcolm Cowley once put it, he lived in a room full of clocks and calendars. The years ticked away while he noted the song... Read more

F. Scott Fitzgerald died on the afternoon of December 21, 1940, suffering a fatal heart attack as he was finishing a chocolate bar--one of his placebos for the alcohol that had ravaged both his talent... Read more

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a writer very much of his own time. As Malcolm Cowley once put it, he lived in a room full of clocks and calendars. The years ticked away while he noted the songs, the shows, ... Read more

In the following essay, Varet-Ali praises the originality of The Pat Hobby Stories and considers their place within Fitzgerald's oeuvre. I'm awfully tired of being Scott Fitzgerald anyho... Read more

In the following essay, Mangum traces the relationship between Fitzgerald's early short stories and his novels, asserting that he used the shorter pieces as a “workshop for subjects, the... Read more

In the following essay, Balkun views the theme of emotional bankruptcy as central to Fitzgerald's Josephine stories. It has long been a given that the idea of emotional bankruptcy is one of F. ... Read more

In the following essay, Mangum explores the relationship between Fitzgerald's novels and short stories and discusses the reputation of his short stories as inferior fiction written only for fin... Read more

In the following essay, Prigozy asserts that “The Rubber Check” is one of Fitzgerald's most complex and important stories. Five years have rolled away from me and I can't d... Read more

In the following essay, Gale identifies the source for Josephine Perry's nickname in “A Snobbish Story,” In F. Scott Fitzgerald's “A Snobbish Story” (1930), t... Read more

In the following essay, Lupack chronicles the inclusion of Arthurian motifs, the wasteland, and the Grail quest in many of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works, remarking that the author's intere... Read more

F. Scott Fitzgerald uses similar themes and symbolism in his short stories and books. Relationships between men and women encircle the stories, creating illusions of love. The characters in The Gre... Read more

F.SCOTT FITZGERALD Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His father, Edward, was an aristocrat and his mother, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, hailed from wo... Read more