Description
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.
Product Details
| Publisher | University of South Carolina Press |
| Publish Date | July 31, 2002 |
| Pages | 696 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781570034558 |
| Dimensions | 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.5 inches | 2.3 pounds |
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.
Reviews
Impeccably researched... both comprehensive and judicious... Bruccoli brings Fitzgerald vividily alive.
-- "Newsweek"Indispensable and definitive.
-- "The Times Literary Supplement"It is difficult to imagine any work on Fitzgerald and his literary product that will supplant this one.
-- "The New Yorker"This masterpiece contains exactly what we need to know about this dazzling figure.
-- "Publishers Weekly"Earn by promoting books
