{"product_id":"conversations-with-f-scott-fitzgerald-matthew-j-bruccoli-9781578066056","title":"Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald","description":"\u003ci\u003eConversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e assembles over thirty interviews with one of America's greatest novelists, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTender Is the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although most of these are not standard interviews in the modern sense, the quotes from Fitzgerald and the contemporary journalistic reaction to him reveal much about his writing techniques, artistic wisdom, and life. Editors Matthew J. Bruccoli, the foremost Fitzgerald scholar, and Judith S. Baughman have collected the most usable and articulate pieces on Fitzgerald, including a three-part 1922 interview conducted for the \u003ci\u003eSt. Paul Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fitzgerald (1896-1940) died before the authorial interview became a literary subgenre after World War II. Although Fitzgerald enjoyed his celebrity, as is clear in these pieces, he had a poor sense of public relations and provided interviewers with opportunities to trivialize him. As a result, Fitzgerald was often treated condescendingly in the press. Seven of his interviews-five printed before 1924-have flapper in their headlines. In the Jazz Age-a term Fitzgerald coined-he was regarded as a spokesman for rebellious youth, as a playboy, as an authority on sex and marriage, as an expert on Prohibition, and as an immensely popular writer for his work published in the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet his literary ambitions were sizable and his impact on American fiction immeasurable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew J. Bruccoli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578066050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578066056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.02w x 0.51d","brand":"Matthew J. Bruccoli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302325219583,"sku":"9781578066056","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dda9e01e-7f19-45ba-822d-786e406a3e2f.jpg?v=1695160849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-with-f-scott-fitzgerald-matthew-j-bruccoli-9781578066056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}