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Tales of the Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Description for Tales of the Jazz Age
hardcover. Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories in the authoritative Cambridge edition, now available as a paperback. Editor(s): West, James L. W., III. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Num Pages: 568 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 784.
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 reproduces the original collection 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 ... Read more
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 reproduces the original collection 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Series
The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521402385
SKU
V9780521402385
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About F. Scott Fitzgerald
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Tales of the Jazz Age
"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
and is 'must' reading for F. Scott Fitzgerald enthusiasts and fans." The Midwest Book Review