Fitzgerald's mentors : Edmund Wilson, H. L. Mencken, and Gerald Murphy / Ronald Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berman, Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentoring of authors--United States--History--20th century.

Mentoring of authors.

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940--Knowledge.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940--Political and social views.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940--Friends and associates.

Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972--Influence.

Wilson, Edmund.

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Influence.

Mencken, H. L.

Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964--Influence.

Murphy, Gerald.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fitzgerald's Mentors is a fresh and compelling study of F. Scott Fitzgerald's intellectual friendship with Edmund Wilson, H. L. Mencken, and Gerald Murphy. Fitzgerald was shaped through his engagements with key literary and artistic figures in the 1920's. This book is about their influence- and also about the ways that Fitzgerald defended his own ideas about writing. Influence was always secondary to independence. Fitzgerald's education began at Princeton with Edmund Wilson. There Wilson imparted to Fitzgerald many ideas

Contents:

Introduction : teaching and learning

Edmund Wilson's authority

H. L. Mencken's democratic narrative

Gerald Murphy and the new arts.

Notes:

"Chapter 3 is a revised version of an essay that first appeared in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 7 (2009)."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-115) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8638-6

0-8173-5693-2

OCLC:

772845322