{"product_id":"the-subversive-art-of-zelda-deborah-pike-9780826221049","title":"The Subversive Art of Zelda Fitzgerald","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book gives light to the multiple artistic expressions of \u003ci\u003eGreat Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e-writer's wife as modernist vanguard.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Known as an icon of the Jazz Age, a flamboyant socialite, and the mad wife of F. Scott, Zelda Fitzgerald has inspired studies of her life and work which focus on her earlier years, and on the myth of the glorious-but-doomed woman. As an unprecedented study of the totality Zelda Fitzgerald's creative work, this book makes an important contribution to the history of women's art with new perspectives on women and modernity, plagiarism, creative partnership, and the nature of mental illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Zelda Fitzgerald's creative output was astonishing, considering the conditions under which she lived, and the brevity of her life: she wrote dozens of short stories, several journalistic pieces, a play, two novels, hundreds of letters, kept diaries and produced hundreds of artworks. Employing a new mode of literary analysis that draws upon critics, theorists, and historians to situate her work in its context, \u003ci\u003eThe Subversive Art of Zelda Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e rehabilitates the literary and artistic status of Zelda Fitzgerald by reassessing her life and writings in the light of archival sources. Such materials include medical and psychiatric documents; her unpublished novel; an artistic and spiritual diary; and over one hundred letters written from asylums. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While much of her writing can be read as a tactical response to her husband's injunctions against her creativity, it can also be read as brilliant work in its own right. Far from imitating Scott's style, Zelda Fitzgerald's artistic output is vibrantly alive and utterly her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Pike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826221041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826221049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018","brand":"Deborah Pike","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072832172287,"sku":"9780826221049","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0c591c0-d759-4c27-b672-1687dc772a7f.jpg?v=1685444191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-subversive-art-of-zelda-deborah-pike-9780826221049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}