Fool for Love
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A remarkable biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, written by one of the nation’s best biographers
296 Pages, 6 x 9 in
- Paperback
- 9780816678204
- Published: August 22, 2012
- Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
- eBook
- 9781452933412
- Published: August 22, 2012
- Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
Details
Fool for Love
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
ISBN: 9780816678204
Publication date: August 22nd, 2012
296 Pages
9 x 6
"The most penetrating psychological examination of the author ever written." —James L. W. West III, editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Written with great polish and researched as fully as any work on Fitzgerald." —CHOICE
Fool for Love is Scott Donaldson’s masterful biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald—written from a fresh and highly intimate perspective. Fool for Love follows Fitzgerald from his birthplace in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Princeton and upward into the highest reaches of literary and public success—and ultimately to Fitzgerald’s untimely death in Hollywood at the age of forty-four, broke and nearly forgotten. This engrossing, definitive study explores two classic Fitzgerald themes throughout—love and class—and the result is a striking portrayal of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers, whose legacy and influence only continue to grow.
Scott Donaldson is one of the nation’s leading literary biographers. Among his many books are By Force of Will: The Life and Art of Ernest Hemingway; Archibald MacLeish: An American Life, winner of the Ambassador Book Award for Biography; and Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald: The Rise and Fall of a Literary Friendship.
Contents
Preface
1. A Man with No People
2. Princeton ‘17
3. “I Love You, Miss X”
4. Darling Heart
5. Genius and Glass
6. The Glittering Things
7. War Between the Sexes
8. Running Amuck
9. Cracking Up
10. Demon Drink
11. The Worst Thing
12. “a writer only”
Notes
Index