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Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald Paperback – July 1, 2002
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The standard work on Fitzgerald, revised, enlarged, and updated
Since its first publication in 1981, Some Sort of Epic Grandeur has stood apart from other biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald for its thoroughness and volume of information. It is regarded today as the basic work on Fitzgerald and the preeminent source for the study of the novelist. In this second revised edition, Matthew J. Bruccoli provides new evidence discovered since its original edition. This new edition of Some Sort of Epic Grandeur improves, augments, and updates the standard biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- Print length696 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of South Carolina Press
- Publication dateJuly 1, 2002
- Dimensions6.1 x 1.5 x 9.06 inches
- ISBN-101570034559
- ISBN-13978-1570034558
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"Matthew J. Bruccoli is always able to look through the events themselves to the essential fact about Fitzgerald: his existence as an artist, and not only to how it came about, but what it came to. Some Sort of Epic Grandeur is exactly what Fitzgerald had. It is a perfect title for this book, for the grandeur is there, in the struggle to create memorable work. I fully expect that this will be the indispensable biography of a very great American writer, for the spirit of the man is in the facts, and these, as gathered and marshalled by Bruccoli over 30 years, are all we will ever need. But more important, they are what we need."―James Dickey
"Impeccably researched . . . both comprehensive and judicious... Bruccoli brings Fitzgerald vividily alive."―Newsweek
"This masterpiece contains exactly what we need to know about this dazzling figure."―Publishers Weekly
"It is difficult to imagine any work on Fitzgerald and his literary product that will supplant this one."―The New Yorker
"Indispensable and definitive."―The Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
Matthew J. Bruccoli (1931–2008) was the Emily Brown Jefferies Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at the University of South Carolina and the leading authority on the House of Scribner and its authors. He was the editorial director of the Dictionary of Literary Biography and the author or editor of some one hundred books.
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- Publisher : University of South Carolina Press; second edition (July 1, 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 696 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1570034559
- ISBN-13 : 978-1570034558
- Item Weight : 2.27 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.1 x 1.5 x 9.06 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #390,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #317 in American Literature Criticism
- #1,906 in Author Biographies
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Bruccoli covers every aspect of Fitzgerald's life and includes several bits of correspondence to really give readers a look inside Fitzgerald's thinking. --Perhaps my favorite thing about the book is that it does not sentimentalize the author (which I myself have a habit of doing). Fitzgerald is spelled out here in all his glory, yet, we also get to see his unflattering side...paranoia, arrogance, unharnessed alcoholism, and downright neurosis.
F Scott Fitzgerald was a brilliant man whose life became legend. It is my humble opinion that Bruccoli has written the most thorough and best possible biography. Simply put, the read is fascinating. It might be 600 pages, but you will fly through it. It is "never dry" (like Fitzgerald :)) and always entertaining. For Fitzgerald fanatics like myself, this book is a must, but I am convinced that anyone who takes to "human interest" stories would find themselves engulfed in its pages.
Also recommended: "The Romantic Egoists"...a scrapbook collection put together concerning the lives of the Fitzgeralds. It is packed with pictures and is a wonderful companion to the biography. It was also published by Bruccoli.
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This is a good thing. In hearing so much about what Fizgerald is infamous for, one can overlook the fact that, when he actually got around to working, he was a resourceful, meticulous and highly disciplined professional writer. This book brings that out very well. It's touching, in fact, to see to what pains he went in even the most trivial magazine stories that he had to churn out to keep and Zelda and him in the style of life they required. It's sad as well, of course, because you start to wonder how many Gatsbys he might have written if he had not had to write those stories. But even here the book has something to surprise us, as it shows clearly that he could never have lived on his masterpieces anyway. In 1929, for example, he was earning $4,000 a story but his income from all his novels was something less than $1000 in that year.
Unlike many other "definitive" biographies, this book is never too dry, long or detailed. Bruccoli's style is lucid and relaxed but always serious. His tone is pitch perfect, as he modulates between glowing admiration for the author and sorrowful concern for the man - the latter, however, with not a hint of prudish indignation or condescension in it.
It is a complete delight from start to finish.
written, a joy to read.Really useful for essays on Fitzgerald's literature e.g. "The Great Gatsby", I got some fab quotes. My copy is second hand,£9.00, it arrived in excellent condition saving me £20.00 on new price.