The crack-up

Description

The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss.

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Series Statement

• A New Directions paperbook -- no. 54

Other Editions

• The crack-up: with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters : together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe, and John Dos Passos : and essays and poemsJ. Laughlin1956-01-01
• The crack-upJ. Laughlin1945-01-01
• THE CRACK-UP With other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters. Together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T. S. Elilot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos. And essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld, Glenway Wescott, John Dos Passos, John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson.New Directions1945-01-01
• The crack-upNew Directions1945-01-01
• The crack-upNew Directions1956-01-01
• The crack-upNew Directions1956-01-01