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The Gatsby affair : Scott, Zelda, and the betrayal that shaped an American classic
- Title
- The Gatsby affair : Scott, Zelda, and the betrayal that shaped an American classic / Kendall Taylor.
- Author
- Taylor, Kendall, 1941-
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xxxix, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Explores Zelda Fitzgerald's affair with French aviator Edouard Jozan, the man on whom F. Scott Fitzgerald based his famous character Jay Gatsby.
- "The romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre has been celebrated as one of the greatest of the 20th century. Despite their love, both Scott and Zelda engaged in flirtations that threatened to tear the couple apart. But none had a more profound impact on the two--and on Scott's writing--as the liaison between Zelda and French aviator Edouard Jozan. Though other biographers have written of Jozan as one of Scott's romantic rivals, accounts of the pilot's effect on the couple have been superficial at best. Drawing on conversations and correspondence with Jozan's daughter, as well as materials from the Jozan family archives, Taylor sheds new light on this romantic triangle. More than just a casual fling, Zelda's tryst with Edouard affected Scott as much as it did his wife--and ultimately shaped the author's most famous creation, Jay Gatsby. Both a literary study and a probing look at an iconic couple's psychological makeup, The Gatsby Affair offers readers a bold interpretation of how one of America's greatest novels was profoundly influenced."--Dust jacket.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Authors, American
- Authors' spouses
- Marriage
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 > Marriage
- Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948 > Marriage
- 1900-1999
- Married people > United States > Biography
- Biographies
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century
- Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American
- Authors' spouses > United States > Biography
- Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948 > Relations with men
- Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, F. Scott)
- Man-woman relationships
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures
- United States
- Biography
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 > Characters > Jay Gatsby
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 > Great Gatsby
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Recklessness in the making -- Seeds of discontent -- The French lieutenant -- A mistress not a wife -- Truly a sad story -- Retribution and remorse -- Locked away -- No hope salvaged -- An ailment no one could cure -- All in disarray -- A mind washed clean -- Chronology.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9563
- ISBN
- 9781538104934
- 1538104938
- LCCN
- 2018008344
- 40028370242
- OCLC
- 1015812556
- Author
- Taylor, Kendall, 1941- author.
- Title
- The Gatsby affair : Scott, Zelda, and the betrayal that shaped an American classic / Kendall Taylor.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Taylor, Kendall, 1941- Gatsby affair. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538104941 (DLC) 2018008820
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028370242
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9563