Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Breaking Down Fitzgerald: Introduction
5 Chapter 1: Fitzgerald's Life CHILDHOOD AND PRINCETON (1896–1917) MEETING ZELDA AND EARLY SUCCESS (1918–1924) THE GREAT GATSBY AND EUROPEAN TRAVELS (1924–1931) TENDER IS THE NIGHT AND “THE CRACK‐UP” (1931–1937) HOLLYWOOD AND THE LAST TYCOON (1937–1940) FURTHER READING FURTHER VIEWING NOTE
6 Chapter 2: Literary and Cultural Context THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH MODERNISM AND A CHANGING LITERARY LANDSCAPE THE ROARING TWENTIES THE 1930S AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION THE UNITED STATES VERSUS EUROPE CHANGES IN HOLLYWOOD FURTHER READING NOTES
7 Chapter 3: Early Novels: This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and Damned (1922) THIS SIDE OF PARADISE: COMPOSITION THIS SIDE OF PARADISE: SYNOPSIS THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED: COMPOSITION THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED: SYNOPSIS FURTHER READING FURTHER VIEWING NOTE
8 Chapter 4: The Great Gatsby (1925) COMPOSITION SYNOPSIS THEMES STRUCTURE MOTIFS CHARACTERS FURTHER READING FURTHER VIEWING FURTHER LISTENING NOTE
9 Chapter 5: Later Novels: Tender Is the Night (1934) and The Last Tycoon (1941) TENDER IS THE NIGHT: COMPOSITION TENDER IS THE NIGHT: SYNOPSIS TENDER IS THE NIGHT: INTERPRETATIONS THE LAST TYCOON: SYNOPSIS THE LAST TYCOON: REFLECTIONS ON AN UNFINISHED NOVEL FURTHER READING FURTHER VIEWING
10 Chapter 6: Short Stories and Essays SHORT STORIES ESSAYS FURTHER READING FURTHER VIEWING FURTHER LISTENING
11 Conclusion
12 Bibliography
13 Index
Guide
5 Breaking Down Fitzgerald: Introduction
9 Index