{"product_id":"f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-beautiful-and-damned-new-critical-essays-9780807177730","title":"F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Beautiful and Damned: New Critical Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e has frequently been dismissed as an outlier and curiosity in his oeuvre, a transitional work from the coming-of-age plot of \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise \u003c\/i\u003eto the masterful critique of American aspiration in \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e belongs to a genre that is widely misunderstood, the \"bright young things\" novel in which spoiled and wealthy characters succumb to decay because of their privilege and lack of purpose. Set between 1913 and 1922, Fitzgerald's longest novel touches on many of the decisive issues that mark the passage from the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era into the Jazz Age: conspicuous consumption, income inequality, yellow journalism, the Great War, the rise of the movie industry, automobile travel, Wall Street stock scams, immigration and xenophobia, and the fixation with youth and aging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published to coincide with the novel's centennial in 2022, this collection approaches \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e for its insights more than its faults. Prominent Fitzgerald scholars analyze major themes and reveal unappreciated issues with attention to history, biography, literary influence, gender studies, and narratology. While acknowledging the novel's shortcomings, the essayists illustrate that \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e has much more to say about its milieu than previously recognized. This collection provides a guide for understanding Fitzgerald's aims while demonstrating the richness of ideas that this novel explores, alongside the anxieties and ambitions that reverberate within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Blazek\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of American literature and modern culture at Liverpool Hope University and serves as vice president of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society. He edited the 2022 Oxford World's Classics edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e and is a founding coeditor of the\u003ci\u003e F. Scott Fitzgerald Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David W. Ullrich is professor of English at Birmingham-Southern College and an editor at the \u003ci\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent publications examine Zelda Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Cheever. \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kirk Curnutt is professor of English at Troy University, managing editor of the \u003ci\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and executive director of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society. He is the author or editor of numerous books on American literature, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50388940816658,"sku":"9780807177730","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef7a8c37-efbe-4a07-b961-7fad790b3faf.jpg?v=1728912627","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-beautiful-and-damned-new-critical-essays-9780807177730","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}