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Brackett, Virginia F. Scott Fitzgerald: Writer of the Jazz Age.
From: The Book Report
Date: 20020901
Author:Younkin, Laura
2002. 144pp. $20.95 lb. Morgan Reynolds. 1-8883846-90-0. Grades 7-10
F. Scott Fitzgerald's larger-than-life legend includes wild parties, heavy drinking, sensitive writing, and a mentally ill wife, making him one of America's more interesting writers. Brackett successfully reveals the complexity of the man and his writing, and bridges the gap between mere encyclopedia entries and more scholarly biographies aimed at the adult market. Her concise writing focuses mostly on Scott and wife Zelda, but doesn't delve much into the context of the jazz age and how it effected the pair. ...
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