{"product_id":"breaking-down-fitzgerald-isbn-9781119805328","title":"Breaking Down Fitzgerald","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA practical guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's works for middle and secondary students\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, and writer best known for his glamourous novels that detailed life in America's Jazz Age—a term which he popularized. Throughout his career, Fitzgerald published four novels, four collections of short stories, and 164 short stories in magazines. His work commonly focused on themes of ambition and loss, money and class, and the promise and disappointment of America and its vaunted dream. In his lifetime, Fitzgerald gained fame for his \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e. Today, his works are taught in middle and high school classrooms throughout the United States and worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaking Down Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers with an overview of Fitzgerald's life and investigates the composition, characters, themes, symbols, language, and motifs in his work and their relation to contemporary society. Author Helen Turner clarifies some essential facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and addresses important themes found in his novels and short stories. As readers explore the literary and cultural context of Fitzgerald's works, they develop a firm appreciation of Fitzgerald's role in modern literature and why he is considered one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaking Down Fitzgerald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains of why Fitzgerald remains one of the great American voices heard around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShowcases the multiple genres in Fitzgerald's world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a brief thematic tour through Fitzgerald's novels and short stories\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of Fitzgerald's critical reception\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses Fitzgerald in contemporary popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is a primer for younger or new Fitzgerald readers and a welcome addition to the toolbox used by educators, parents, and anyone interested in or studying F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreaking Down Fitzgerald: Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Fitzgerald’s Life 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChildhood and Princeton (189–1917) 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeeting Zelda and Early Success (1918–1924) 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Gatsby and European Travels (1924–1931) 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTender Is the Night and “The Crack- Up” (1931–1937) 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHollywood and The Last Tycoon (1937–1940) 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Viewing 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Literary and Cultural Context 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First World War and Its Aftermath 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernism and a Changing Literary Landscape 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roaring Twenties 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1930s and the Great Depression 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States versus Europe 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges in Hollywood 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Early Novels: This Side of Paradise(1920) and The Beautiful and Damned (1922) 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Side of Paradise: Composition 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Side of Paradise: Synopsis 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned: Composition 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned:Synopsis 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Viewing 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: The Great Gatsby (1925) 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComposition 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSynopsis 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThemes 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMotifs 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Green Light 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWest Egg versus East Egg 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Valley of Ashes 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Automobile 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacters 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJay Gatsby 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaisy Buchanan 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTom Buchanan 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyrtle Wilson 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Wilson 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJordan Baker 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNick Carraway 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Viewing 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Listening 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Later Novels: Tender Is the Night (1934) and The Last Tycoon (1941) 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTender Is the Night: Composition 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTender Is the Night: Synopsis 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTender Is the Night: Interpretations 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Last Tycoon: Synopsis 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Last Tycoon: Reflections on an Unfinished Novel 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Viewing 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: Short Stories and Essays 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShort Stories 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Ice Palace” (1920) 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“May Day” (1920) 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Winter Dreams” (1922) 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Jacob’s Ladder” (1927) 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Last of the Belles” (1929) 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Babylon Revisited” (1931) 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssays 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Viewing 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Listening 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHELEN M. TURNER\u003c\/b\u003e has a PhD from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. She has taught in a variety of schools and universities in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Sweden. She is also an active researcher with particular interests in American and South African literature. She has published on Richard Yates, Tom Wolfe, and Archibald MacLeish.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStudents and general readers will jump into the exciting Jazz Age through F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fascinating novels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlamourous parties, big dreams, and spectacular falls from grace await readers of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s acclaimed works. His novels—\u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night,\u003c\/i\u003e and the unfinished \u003ci\u003eLast Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e—are some of the most important books written about the American experience. In this book, you’ll find out why. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn about Fitzgerald’s dramatic life: his marriage to the talented but unpredictable Zelda Fitzgerald, his years in Europe, and how the movies changed his career. Discover how he wrote such compelling novels and explore broader themes and symbols in his work as they relate to society today. \u003ci\u003eBreaking Down Fitzgerald \u003c\/i\u003eleads you through an investigation of Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age America and takes you on a fun thematic tour through Fitzgerald’s fiction.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the only book of its kind aimed to help middle and secondary students experience the wonder and delight of Fitzgerald’s writing. Young readers will come away with an understanding of why F. 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