F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography

Niklas Salmose, David Rennie

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Book cover for F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography

F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography

F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography

Niklas Salmose, David Rennie

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About the Author

Niklas Salmose is professor of English literature at Linnaeus University and an executive board member of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society. He has translated Fitzgerald's writing into Swedish and is editing a new edition of The Last Tycoon for Oxford Classics.

David Rennie, a teacher of English at St. Machar Academy, Aberdeen, Scotland, is author of American Writers and World War I and editor of Scottish Literature and World War I.

Critical Reviews

"The book will no doubt make you think about periods of Fitzgerald's life you haven't considered before. F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography is ample proof that there is still much to be said about this important American author, more than eighty years after his death."--Ramsey County Historical Society

"The authors aim to present his life from diverse angles rather than offering a singular narrative, honoring the breadth of Fitzgerald's imaginative and creative life."--Minnesota History Magazine

"If the Jazz Age novelist really was so multifaceted as he hoped, F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography surely goes some distance in capturing him."--The New Criterion

"Like a cubist painting, each chapter puts forward alternative perspectives that cumulatively produce a rich and interesting biography. An entertaining and provocative look into Fitzgerald's life."--CHOICE

"The multiple perspectives aren't contradictory but complementary, bringing different eyes to a life already well documented by the novelist himself."--Shepherd Express

"The biographers move steadily through time while explaining important people and events in terms of their impact on Fitzgerald's fiction and on his personal contentedness (or lack thereof). Like Fitzgerald, these writers understand the value of brevity and clarity."--Mankato Magazine

Publishing Information

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Pub date: 2024-07-16
Length: 448 pages

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