Fitzgerald

The Beautiful and Damned
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-67917-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 452 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 636 g

Reihe: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), was a pivotal book in his career. A trenchant satire of the Jazz Age, it is very much a novel of its times. This edition, first published in 2008, is based on the surviving manuscript, the serialized version from Metropolitan magazine, the Scribners 1922 first American edition, and the Collins 1922 first British edition. The volume includes a detailed account of the composition of the novel, a textual apparatus, a chronology of composition, and, uniquely, three versions of the ending. Explanatory notes identify Fitzgerald's topical and historical references - to books and authors, Broadway shows and Manhattan cabarets, movie stars and sports heroes, statesmen and criminals, business tycoons and historical figures. These notes situate The Beautiful and Damned in its times and deepen the reader's understanding of Fitzgerald's sources for the novel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

West III, James L. W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Editionen, Kritische Editionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: 1. Composition; 2. Serialization; 3. Proofing and revision; 4. The ending; 5. Publication and reception; 6. The British edition; 7. Editorial principles; The Beautiful and Damned; Record of variants; Explanatory notes; Illustrations; Appendix: 'The Far-seeing Skeptics'.

Über Autor(innen)

West III, James L. W.
James L. W. West III is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University.