Fitzgerald's Craft of Short Fiction: The Collected Stories, 1920-1935

Fitzgerald's Craft of Short Fiction offers the first comprehensive study of the four collections of short stories that F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) prepared for publication during his lifetime: Flappers and Philosophers (1920) , Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) , All the Sad Young Men (1926) , and Taps at Reveille (1935) . These authorized collections€"which include works from the entire range of Fitzgerald's career, from his undergraduate days at Princeton to his final contributions to Esquire magazine€"provide an ideal overview of his development as a short story writer.Originally published in 1989, this volume draws upon Fitzgerald's copious personal correspondence, biographical studies, and all available criticism, and analyzes how Fitzgerald perceived his achievements as a writer of short fiction from both artistic and commercial standpoints. Petry pays close attention to the individual stories,