The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- First Published: 1963
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Letters
- Subjects: Friendship, Writing, 1920’s, Books, Novelists, Publishing or publishers, Gossip
Critical Evaluation:
From Hollywood in 1940, the year of his death, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Scribner’s, that hardly any American fiction published at that time failed to show his influence. For this reason he felt that he was in some manner an original. Two years earlier he had written to Perkins that he felt neglected, that his reputation was being allowed to vanish because all his books were out of print. When Arthur Mizener’s biography appeared, in 1951, the situation was little better. Now his books have been reissued and several...
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