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F. Scott Fitzgerald1896-1940Dr. Karen Rose

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. His family lived in a building called the San Mateo Flats in a neighborhood that did not

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Слайд 1F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940 Dr. Karen Rose

F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940  Dr. Karen Rose

Слайд 2Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota

on September 24, 1896. His family lived in a building

called the San Mateo Flats in a neighborhood that did not have electricity until 1911.

Two sisters, ages one and three, had died from influenza shortly before his birth. Probably because of this, his mother became overly protective.

Five years later, Fitzgerald’s sister, Annabelle, was born.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. His family lived

Слайд 3His parents, although poor, had some social status. Fitzgerald was

named after his second cousin, Francis Scott Key, the author

of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
His parents, although poor, had some social status. Fitzgerald was named after his second cousin, Francis Scott

Слайд 4Fitzgerald grew up in a family of declining and precarious

fortune.

His father, Edward, failed as a manufacturer of wicker

furniture in St. Paul. He became a salesman for Proctor & Gamble, but was dismissed in 1908 when Fitzgerald was twelve years old.

Fitzgerald’s mother, Mollie, helped support the family with her inheritance. They moved to an apartment in this brownstone “row house” in St. Paul, Minnesota, in an area called Summit Terrace, a section of the city inhabited by the city’s wealthiest residents.

Fitzgerald grew up in a family of declining and precarious fortune. His father, Edward, failed as a

Слайд 5While his family was not prosperous, Fitzgerald’s mother nurtured social

ambitions in her only son. An elderly aunt helped finance

his tuition at a private Catholic boarding school in New Jersey called The Newman School and then, in 1913, at Princeton University.

At the time, Princeton University was viewed as a training ground for the American upper class.
While his family was not prosperous, Fitzgerald’s mother nurtured social ambitions in her only son. An elderly

Слайд 6While his grades were low, he excelled in his writings

for the Princeton Triangle Club Dramatic Society and the Princeton

Tiger. Fitzgerald’s writing from that time shows that he was self-conscious about the differences between himself and his wealthy classmates.

Coming from a background of “financial anxiety,” while at Princeton, Fitzgerald developed a fascination with the very rich.

While his grades were low, he excelled in his writings for the Princeton Triangle Club Dramatic Society

Слайд 7In 1917, during his third year at Princeton, Fitzgerald left

school in order to enlist in the United States Army.

After passing a special examination, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the infantry.












Afraid that he might die in the war, Fitzgerald quickly finished a novel he had been working on called The Romantic Egoist. While he received a rejection letter from Charles Scribner’s Sons Publishing Co., the novel’s originality was praised. He was encouraged to resubmit the novel after revision.

In 1917, during his third year at Princeton, Fitzgerald left school in order to enlist in the

Слайд 8In June 1918, while stationed at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery,

Alabama, twenty-one year old Fitzgerald met and fell madly in

love with eighteen-year-old Zelda Sayre. She was a local debutante, the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Judge.

Their romance intensified Fitzgerald’s desire to achieve success with his novel, but after revision, it was rejected a 2nd time.

Fitzgerald had just completed his officer training and was about to embark for France when the Armistice was signed.
In June 1918, while stationed at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, twenty-one year old Fitzgerald met and

Слайд 9After being discharged from the Army in 1919, Fitzgerald went

to New York to seek his fortune so that he

could marry Zelda. By day, he worked in an advertising agency, and by night, he wrote stories, submitting them to magazines. For his efforts, he collected nothing but rejection slips.

While Fitzgerald was failing financially as a writer, Zelda broke their engagement. She was unwilling to live on his small salary in the advertisement business. Fitzgerald returned to his parents’ house in St. Paul to rewrite his novel, changing the title to This Side of Paradise.

After being discharged from the Army in 1919, Fitzgerald went to New York to seek his fortune

Слайд 10This time the novel was accepted by Scribner’s and published

in March 1920 when Fitzgerald was twenty-three years old. He

called it “the story of the youth of our generation.” Considered daring and intellectual, This Side of Paradise was a smashing success and an immediate bestseller. Fitzgerald was perceived as the style-setter for the times, and he achieved celebrity status.

Following his great success as a writer, Fitzgerald and Zelda resumed their engagement and were married in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York in 1920.

This time the novel was accepted by Scribner’s and published in March 1920 when Fitzgerald was twenty-three

Слайд 11Their only child, a daughter named Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald,

was born in October 1921.

Their only child, a daughter named Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald, was born in October 1921.

Слайд 12Fitzgerald’s life in the 1920s was a mirror to events

occurring nationally during that decade. The Roaring Twenties, also commonly

referred to as The Jazz Age, was a time of challenge to the established order, of personal indulgence, and even self-destructive excess. Fitzgerald was its self-proclaimed spokesman and symbol.
Fitzgerald’s life in the 1920s was a mirror to events occurring nationally during that decade. The Roaring

Слайд 13Much has been written about Zelda and her effect on

Fitzgerald’s career. She was an aspiring dancer, she craved attention,

and she had expensive taste. She also suffered from mental illness.

While this was an era of Prohibition, Fitzgerald and Zelda drank alcohol publicly and partied like there was no tomorrow. Their tastes were for life in New York’s luxurious Plaza Hotel, expensive and gigantic cars, country homes on Long Island or in Connecticut, and villas in France.
Much has been written about Zelda and her effect on Fitzgerald’s career. She was an aspiring dancer,

Слайд 14They spent money as fast as Fitzgerald could make it.

In fact, they spent more than he could make, and

they found themselves in debt. Fitzgerald was to spend the rest of his life in a futile struggle to make ends meet.

In 1922 Fitzgerald published The Beautiful and the Damned. This novel delineated the self-indulgence and destruction of Anthony and Gloria Patch and was based on the lives of Fitzgerald and Zelda, who were known for their glamorous and “unsettled” lives.

They spent money as fast as Fitzgerald could make it. In fact, they spent more than he

Слайд 15Two collections of short stories – Flappers and Philosophers (1920)

and Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) were his next

publications. They were judged harshly by critics, motivating Fitzgerald to redirect his efforts.

Fitzgerald made a conscious effort to concentrate on creating serious, even tragic works that addressed broad historical and social issues. Fitzgerald’s new sense of vocation, his greater personal maturity, his increasingly complex sense of his era’s place in world history, and his growing awareness of the technical and stylistic capabilities of the modern novel resulted in The Great Gatsby.

Two collections of short stories – Flappers and Philosophers (1920) and Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)

Слайд 16Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby is frequently nominated as

“the great American novel.”

A quintessential story of not only

the 1920s , but also of the American experience, the novel chronicles the exuberance, as well as the malaise of the decade, showing how America’s fascination with material success was eroding values.

The novel received critical praise, but sales were mediocre. Many attribute this to the difficulty Scribner’s had marketing the novel. Is it a romance? Is it a satire? The fact that the novel did not sell well was a disappointment from which Fitzgerald never recovered.

Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby is frequently nominated as “the great American novel.” A quintessential story

Слайд 17Life in the second half of the 1920s became desperate

for the Fitzgeralds. As the Jazz Age drew to its

traumatic close with the stock market crash of 1929, so did much of Fitzgerald’s life and career.

An alcoholic since age 22, Fitzgerald’s drinking got out of control, earning him the dubious title, “America’s Drunkest Writer.”
Life in the second half of the 1920s became desperate for the Fitzgeralds. As the Jazz Age

Слайд 18Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/f-scott-fitzgerald_n_901641.html

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/f-scott-fitzgerald_n_901641.html

Слайд 19In 1930 Zelda suffered the first of several complete nervous

breakdowns. She spent the last eighteen years of her life

in sanatoriums in Europe and the U.S.










Fitzgerald’s fourth novel, Tender Is the Night, was published in 1934. It tells the story of an American psychiatrist whose promising career is compromised by his wife’s madness. Transparently basing the wife on Zelda, Fitzgerald had once again located a theme on a grand American scale while using the process of writing as catharsis for personal woes.

Released in the midst of the Great Depression, the novel did not sell well, though it had excellent reviews.

In 1930 Zelda suffered the first of several complete nervous breakdowns. She spent the last eighteen years

Слайд 20To pay Zelda’s high medical bills and other debts, Fitzgerald

focused on writing short stories for popular magazines, for example,

The Saturday Evening Post and Esquire. He also worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter.

On December 21, 1940, while he was in Hollywood, Fitzgerald died of a heart attack. He was 44 years old.

Fitzgerald’s early death is often attributed to his alcoholism, the pressure to earn money to pay his debts, and the collapse of the decade into the Great Depression.







The fire moved through the dumbwaiter shaft, spreading onto every floor. The fire escapes were wooden, and caught fire as well. Nine women, including Zelda, died. She was 48 years old.

What happened to Zelda?
In 1948, a fire broke out in the kitchen of Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina where Zelda was being treated.

To pay Zelda’s high medical bills and other debts, Fitzgerald focused on writing short stories for popular

Слайд 21Fitzgerald and Zelda are buried together in St. Mary’s Cemetery

in Rockville, Maryland.

The last sentence of The Great Gatsby is

inscribed on their grave marker.

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Fitzgerald and Zelda are buried together in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Rockville, Maryland.The last sentence of The

Слайд 22Film versions of The Great Gatsby
1949 – starring Allan Ladd,

Betty Field, Shelley Winters, MacDonald Carey.


Film versions of The Great Gatsby 1949 – starring Allan Ladd, Betty Field, Shelley Winters, MacDonald Carey.

Слайд 231974 – starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen

Black, Sam Waterson. Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola. The estimated

budget was more than $6 million, and the film won 2 Oscars (Best Costume Design, Best Original Song Score)

1974 – starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, Sam Waterson. Screenplay by Francis Ford

Слайд 241995 – A&E made-for-TV movie starring Mira Sorvino, Toby Stevens,

Paul Rudd.

1995 – A&E made-for-TV movie starring Mira Sorvino, Toby Stevens, Paul Rudd.

Слайд 252012 – (set for release Dec. 21) starring Leonardo DiCaprio,

Carey Mulligan, Tobey McGuire, Isla Fisher. There are rumors that

the movie will be 3D.

2012 – (set for release Dec. 21) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey McGuire, Isla Fisher. There

Слайд 26The Great Gatsby Trivia
A commercial flop!
The Great Gatsby did not

result in a great pay day for Fitzgerald. Eleven years

after its publication, Fitzgerald estimated the novel had sold less than 25,000 copies in the U.S. Fitzgerald’s last royalty statement reported sales of 7 copies of Gatsby in the first half of 1940.

Free copies for soldiers!
During WWII , Scribner’s published 150,000 complimentary copies to send to men fighting in the war.

Twenty years later . . . a success!
By 1945, The Great Gatsby was #8 on Bantam Publishing Co.’s top ten titles. Today Gatsby is one of the best-selling novels ever; more than ten million copies have been printed. Gatsby regularly produces more than $500,000 a year in a trust for Fitzgerald’s grandchildren.

The Great Gatsby TriviaA commercial flop!The Great Gatsby did not result in a great pay day for

Слайд 27Francis Cugat’s jacket design for The Great Gatsby is the

most celebrated and widely disseminated jacket art in American Literature.

After appearing on the first printing in 1925, it was revived more than a half-century later for the “Scribner Library” paperback editions (1979 – present). Cugat’s painting is iconic: the sad, hypnotic, heavily outlined eyes of a woman beam like headlights through a cobalt night sky. Their irises are transfigured into reclining female nudes. From one of the eyes streams a green luminescent tear; brightly rouged lips complete the sensual triangle. Below, on earth, brightly colored carnival lights blaze before a metropolitan skyline.

Francis Cugat’s jacket design for The Great Gatsby is the most celebrated and widely disseminated jacket art

Слайд 28The End!

The End!

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