F. Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction : from ragtime to swing time / Jade Broughton Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Jade Broughton, author.

Series:

Modern American literature and the new twentieth century.

Modern American literature and the new twentieth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott.

Short stories, American--History and criticism.

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Summary:

By exploring Fitzgerald's fascination with the intertwined spheres of dance, music, theatre and film, this book demonstrates how Fitzgerald innovatively imported practices from other popular cultural media into his short stories, showing how jazz age culture served as more than mere period detail in his work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

Introduction: Not ‘a Sincere and Yet Radiant World’ but ‘Trashy Imaginings’ – Representations of Popular Culture in Fitzgerald’s Short Fiction

CHAPTER 1 ‘Dancing Modern Suggestive Dances that are Simply Savagery’: Fitzgerald and Ragtime Dance

CHAPTER 2 The ‘Chocolate Arabesques’ of Josephine Baker: Fitzgerald and Jazz Dance

CHAPTER 3 ‘Satyre upon a Saxaphone’: Fitzgerald and Music

CHAPTER 4 ‘The One about Sitting on His Top Hat and Climbing up His Shirt Front’: Fitzgerald and Musical Theatre

CHAPTER 5 ‘A More Glittering, a Grosser Power’: Fitzgerald and Film

Conclusion: ‘All My Stories are Conceived Like Novels’

APPENDIX: FITZGERALD’S SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-5966-8

1-4744-2469-4

OCLC:

1312727341