Tales of the Jazz Age

Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories in the authoritative Cambridge edition, now available as a paperback.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author), James L. W. West, III (Edited by)

9780521402385, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 July 2002

568 pages, 3 b/w illus.
22.5 x 14.8 x 3.6 cm, 0.8 kg

"Tales of the Jazz Age is a superb edition of classic literature that would grace any academic or library collection--and is 'must' reading for F. Scott Fitzgerald enthusiasts and fans." The Midwest Book Review

Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), includes two masterpieces - 'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz' - as well as other stories from his earlier career. Tales of the Jazz Age reproduces the original collection in full, along with several uncollected stories from the early 1920s, including 'Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar', a 1923 narrative which closely anticipates the themes and characters of The Great Gatsby. In his introduction James L. W. West, III offers an account of the textual history of the stories, reconstructs Fitzgerald's decisions about which stories to include and exclude, and examines reproductions of surviving manuscripts and typescripts. He supplies a full record of variants, tracing Fitzgerald's extensive revisions to the stories, and he provides detailed historical notes, references and glosses.

Introduction
Tales of the Jazz Age
Additional stories, May 1923–March 1925
Record of variants
Explanatory notes
Appendix 1. Dummy table of contents
Appendix 2. Composition, publication, and earnings.

Subject Areas: Literary reference works [DSR], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH]