The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Laura Rattray editor Prof Linda Wagner-Martin editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:20th Feb '25
£140.00
This title is due to be published on 20th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Publishing to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby, this collection offers readers both general overviews of Fitzgerald’s background, influences, and cultural contexts while also advancing some vital new research approaches to understanding Fitzgerald’s body of work.
Bringing together leading voices from across the globe, The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald presents state-of-the-art scholarship on the renowned Jazz Age writer, as well as offering an approachable overview of his background, influences, and cultural context.
This comprehensive volume features:
- A variety of national and transnational perspectives
- Essays which consider Fitzgerald's work via key contemporary approaches such as race studies, whiteness studies, queer studies, the digital humanities, literary geography, and ecocriticism
- New comparative approaches that consider the author in the context of his contemporaries, including writers of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism
- An innovative cluster of short essays by practitioners, reflecting on their work with Fitzgerald materials
Offering an indispensable resource for researchers and students alike, this handbook brings together the most exciting scholarship one a true giant of American literature.
Edited by world-leading scholars in American literature, this handbook provides some vital new research approaches to understanding Fitzgerald’s body of work, and it balances those developments with more general overviews of Fitzgerald’s background, influences, and cultural contexts. -- William Blažek, Emeritus Professor of English, Liverpool Hope University, UK
This beautifully curated collection of essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminates not just the writerly brilliance of one of America’s most eminent writers but also the importance of literary scholarship. It’s a gem. -- Cathy N. Davidson, Distinguished Professor of English, City University of New York, USA
The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald offers new and engaging ways of thinking about Fitzgerald through a range of critical and contextual lenses, making a positive and ongoing contribution to the development of the field. This handbook compiles new looks at Fitzgerald’s work, his legacy, and our reconsideration of him in light of more contemporary social and political questions. -- Philip McGowan, Professor of English, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
This handbook is a welcome addition to Fitzgerald studies that will benefit academics and aficionados alike. Editors Laura Rattray and Linda Wagner-Martin have gathered an impressive array of scholars to explore the complexities of Fitzgerald’s influences, life, and work. -- Erin E. Templeton, Professor of English, Converse University, USA
ISBN: 9781350429635
Dimensions: unknown
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464 pages