| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Modern American Literature and the New Twentieth Century |
| Contents |
Table of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Not 'a Sincere and Yet Radiant World' but 'Trashy Imaginings': Representations of Popular Culture in Fitzgerald's Short Fiction; 1. 'Dancing Modern Suggestive Dances that are Simply Savagery': Fitzgerald and Ragtime Dance; 2. The 'Chocolate Arabesques' of Josephine Baker: Fitzgerald and Jazz Dance; 3. 'Satyre upon a Saxophone': Fitzgerald and Music; 4. 'The One about Sitting on His Top Hat and Climbing up His Shirt Front': Fitzgerald and Musical Theatre; 5. 'A More Glittering, a Grosser Power': Fitzgerald and Film; Conclusion: 'All my Stories are Conceived Like Novels'; Appendix A: Fitzgerald's Short Story Collections; Bibliography; Index |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 fast |
| Subject |
Short stories, American -- History and criticism
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Short stories, American
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474424691 |
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1474424694 |
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9781474424707 |
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1474424708 |
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