Lost City

Fitzgerald's New York
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-415-86701-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 206 g

Reihe: Studies in Major Literary Authors

F. Scott Fitzgerald left behind a substantial body of work on New York, yet his city remains in our time terra incognita, talked about but rarely well met. Lost City takes on this important and under-examined, indeed misunderstood and misrepresented, aspect of Fitzgerald's writing. The author shows that Fitzgerald's geography amounts to more than the Plaza Hotel and a wasteland. His writing depicts a variety of districts and neighborhoods. His is not the New York of the Roaring Twenties. Locating Fitzgerald's

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Meara, Lauraleigh

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Preface Chapter One: Manhattan of the Moment Chapter Two: Symbols of New York Chapter Three: A Day in the History of the City Chapter Four: Scenes from a Carnival by the Sea Chapter Five: A Picture of New York Life Chapter Six: Good Family, Old Money, Elite Society Chapter Seven: Saying Goodbye to the Road Not Taken Afterword: Beginnings, Not Endings Select Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lauraleigh O’Meara