Zelda (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Nancy Milford
- First Published: 1970
- Time of Work: 1900–1948
- Setting: Montgomery, Alabama; New York City; Hollywood, California; Paris and Nice, France; Genoa, Italy; and Asheville, North Carolina
- Principal Characters: Zelda Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frances Scott “Scottie” Fitzgerald, Minnie Machen Sayre, Anthony D. Sayre
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, South or Southerners, Authors or writers, Marriage, Writing, 1920’s, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Mental illness, Substance abuse, Novelists, Biography
- Locales: New York, NY, Paris, France, Montgomery, AL, Hollywood, CA, Nice, France, Genoa, Italy, Asheville, NC
Form and Content
Nancy Milford’s Zelda: A Biography, a study of the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, is obviously intended to be a definitive work. As Milford notes, it is the result of six years of research and writing. In telling her subject’s story, Milford frequently quotes interviews and correspondence with people close to Zelda and her husband, writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, as well as the diaries and letters to which she was given access. As a result, the characters seem to be telling their story in their own words, while the biographer explains, interprets, and...
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