Publisher's Synopsis
Bringing together leading voices from across the globe, The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald presents state-of-the-art scholarship on the renowned Jazz Age writer, as well as offering an approachable overview of his background, influences, and cultural context. This comprehensive volume features: - A substantial introduction by the editors and extensive primary and secondary bibliographies - A variety of national and transnational perspectives - Essays which consider Fitzgerald's work via key contemporary approaches such as race studies, whiteness studies, queer studies, the digital humanities, literary geography, and ecocriticism - New comparative approaches that consider the author in the context of his contemporaries, including writers of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism - An innovative cluster of short essays by practitioners, reflecting on their work with Fitzgerald materials Offering an indispensable resource for researchers and students alike, this handbook brings together the most exciting scholarship one a true giant of American literature.
