8. Fitzgerald’s Nonfiction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Part I: The Search for Home
5. 1. St. Paul Boy 21
6. 2. Fitzgerald’s Romance with the South 51
7. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Part II Love, Money, and Class 61
8. 3. This Side of Paradise 63
9. 4. Possessions in The Great Gatsby 76
10. 5. The Trouble with Nick 98
11. 6. Money and Marriage in Fitzgerald’s Stories 107
12. 7. A Short History of Tender Is the Night 119
13. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Part III. Fitzgerald and His Times
14. 8. Fitzgerald’s Nonfiction 149
15. 9. The Crisis of “The Crack-Up ” 175
16. 10. Fitzgerald’s Political Development 189
17. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Part IV. Requiem
18. 11. A Death in Hollywood 223
19. Ernest Hemingway. Part V. Getting Started
20. 12. Hemingway of the Star 233
21. Ernest Hemingway. Part VI: The Craftsman at Work
22. 13. “A Very Short Story” as Therapy 253
23. 14. Preparing for the End of “A Canary for One” 260
24. 15. The Averted Gaze in Hemingway’s Fiction 269
25. Ernest Hemingway. Part VII. The Two Great Novels
26. 16. Hemingway’s Morality of Compensation 291
27. 17. Humor as a Measure of Character 309
28. 18. A Farewell to Arms as Love Story 326
29. 19. Frederic ’s Escape and the Pose of Passivity 337
30. Ernest Hemingway. Part VIII. Censorship
31. 20. Censoring A Farewell to Arms 355
32. 21. Protecting the Troops from Hemingway 363
33. Ernest Hemingway. Part IX. Literature and Politics
34. 22. The Last Great Cause 371
35. Ernest Hemingway. Part X. Last Things
36. 23. Hemingway and Suicide 455
37. 24. Hemingway and Fame 465
38. Bibliography 479
39. Index 495