Business Is Good
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Professional Writer
James L. W. West III
“James L. W. West III uses Fitzgerald’s original documents—many of which have never been studied—to illuminate new aspects of the writer's life and career. As a textual scholar, a damned good historicist, and the only person who has examined this archival material in such depth, West is the ideal scholar to write this book.”
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A keen, engaging, and intimate look at Fitzgerald’s day-to-day work of writing for a living, Business Is Good is a must-have for anyone who wants a better understanding of this American literary giant.
“James L. W. West III uses Fitzgerald’s original documents—many of which have never been studied—to illuminate new aspects of the writer's life and career. As a textual scholar, a damned good historicist, and the only person who has examined this archival material in such depth, West is the ideal scholar to write this book.”
James L. W. West III is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English Emeritus at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a biographer, book historian, and scholarly editor. West has held fellowships from the J. S. Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has had Fulbright appointments in England (at Cambridge University) and in Belgium (at the Université de Liège). From 1994 to 2019, West was the General Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, now complete in eighteen volumes, sixteen under his editorship. His variorum edition of The Great Gatsby was the final volume in the series.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Editorial Note
1. Fitzgerald’s Last Triangle “Performance”
2. Fitzgerald and Moran Tudury
3. The Great Gatsby, Broadway 1926
4. Fitzgerald and Psychiatry
5. The Ledger as Autobiography
6. Fitzgerald’s Seven-Year Plan
7. Punctuating by Ear
8. Interpreting “Jacob’s Ladder”
9. Decisions, Decisions: Editing The Great Gatsby
10. Le déluge? New Editions of The Great Gatsby
11. The Cambridge Edition and the Cambridge Plumber
Endpiece: Gatsby Movie (in Skeltonics)
Index
Download a PDF sample chapter here: Chapter1
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