If you've just joined this group, there's some background on Fitzgerald below. As I'm not a touch typist, I'll leave you to do your own background reading, rather than copying it here.
I see BN has also featured our first book on the right corner of this page. I am honored, truly, as I'm not a regular moderator. There's some excellent background there on the book, author and era.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/n
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.htm
You can also go back into our 2 previous threads for background on the Jazz Age and WWI. We've already covered "The Great Gatsby," FSF's masterpiece, and "This Side of Paradise," a less-than-great book, but FSF's first successful novel, containing some of his later-developed themes:
1--The distinction between old money, that is, those who inherited money, and the nouveau- riche who made their money in business or by bootlegging (a special kind of business
.) This distinction also played a prime part in "The House of Mirth."
2--The disaffection and disillusionment of young people after WWI, and their rebellion against their parents' Victorian values. A new openness about male-female relationships, the introduction of the flapper, also called "The New Woman,", the revolutionary styles in clothing and women's hair are all part of this.
Message Edited by foxycat on 11-02-2007 01:28 AM
I see BN has also featured our first book on the right corner of this page. I am honored, truly, as I'm not a regular moderator. There's some excellent background there on the book, author and era.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/n
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.htm
You can also go back into our 2 previous threads for background on the Jazz Age and WWI. We've already covered "The Great Gatsby," FSF's masterpiece, and "This Side of Paradise," a less-than-great book, but FSF's first successful novel, containing some of his later-developed themes:
1--The distinction between old money, that is, those who inherited money, and the nouveau- riche who made their money in business or by bootlegging (a special kind of business
.) This distinction also played a prime part in "The House of Mirth."2--The disaffection and disillusionment of young people after WWI, and their rebellion against their parents' Victorian values. A new openness about male-female relationships, the introduction of the flapper, also called "The New Woman,", the revolutionary styles in clothing and women's hair are all part of this.
Message Edited by foxycat on 11-02-2007 01:28 AM
