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....

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...

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...

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 insightful literary chronicler of the Roaring...

6f. Scott Fitzgerald Excerpt from The Great GatsbyPublished in 1925 Although F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 appear often in anthologies. Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. He lived quietly in Oxford until his death in 1962. For More...

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, Fitzgerald proved to be gifted in a number of forms—he excelled as a...

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21,1940) was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works have been seen as evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he himself allegedly coined. He is regarded as one of the greatest...

France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, went to author Gilles Leroy on Monday for his "Alabama Song," a story written in the first person but inspired by the descent into folly of the wife of famed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.Last year, the Goncourt Prize went...

If F. Scott Fitzgerald’s illustrious Long Island hero Jay Gatsby could buy a new Southampton mansion this summer, his place would have a steam room and a billiards room and a sauna room and a wine cellar and staff quarters. That’s what’s merely in the...

Today is Thursday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2007. There are 137 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.On this date:In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary...

As flames advanced on the wealthy vacation community of Sun Valley, real estate agent Todd Conklin sent his wife and kids to safety, then offered spa treatments to some of the more than 1,600 firefighters and National Guardsmen arriving in town."They said, 'No, we don't...

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 interest in these stories also carried over into his personal life.

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, themes, and techniques that he would continue to develop in later stories and novels.”

In the following essay, Varet-Ali praises the originality of The Pat Hobby Stories and considers their place within Fitzgerald's oeuvre.

Critiques some of F. Scott Fitzgerald's mos famous works, including "The Great Gatsby", "The Sensible Thing," and "Myra Meets his Family." Focuses on the women in each story and their belief that money brings happiness. Compares common themes and symbols.

Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works such as "The Great Gatsby," "Ice Palace," and "Winter Dreams."

Essay is about the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and most of his accomplishments in life.