It is the height on which I daily sit.” (The 1923) Negro World, REFERENCE: J. Stein, (1986). The World of Marcus Garvey F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) Fitzgerald was the novelist whose literature and life symbolized and promoted the values of the jazz age in the 1920s. His father was from an old aristocratic family whose ancestors included the author of Star-Spangled “The Banner.” His mother was from a poor Irish background, and Fitzgerald claimed his dual ancestry gave him a unique view of American life. At , Fitzgerald worked harder for social than academic success and was distressed when academic probation forced him to give up his campus literary activities. Fitzgerald’s glamorous postwar life in fell victim to lavish spending, alcoholism, and the mental illness of his wife Zelda. In the 1930s, he returned to and wrote (1934) and a brilliant story, Crack-Up,” Tender Is the Night “The about his own mental distress and feared loss of talent. When he was sober, Fitzgerald was charming, elegant, and a fine conversationalist. Quote: was going on the greatest, gaudiest spree in history. The whole golden boom was in the “ … its splendid generosities, outrageous corruptions, and the death struggle of the old in prohibition.” (1935) REFERENCE: William A. Fahey, (1973). F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream
It is the height on which I daily sit.” (The Negro World, 1923) REFERENCE: J. Stein, The World of Marcus Garvey (1986). F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) Fitzgerald was the novelist whose literature and life symbolized and promoted the values of the jazz age in the 1920s. His father was from an old aristocratic family whose ancestors included the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” His mother was from a poor Irish background, and Fitzgerald claimed his dual ancestry gave him a unique view of American life. At , Fitzgerald worked harder for social than academic success and was distressed when academic probation forced him to give up his campus literary activities. Fitzgerald’s glamorous postwar life in fell victim to lavish spending, alcoholism, and the mental illness of his wife Zelda. In the 1930s, he returned to and wrote Tender Is the Night (1934) and a brilliant story, “The Crack-Up,” about his own mental distress and feared loss of talent. When he was sober, Fitzgerald was charming, elegant, and a fine conversationalist. Quote: “ was going on the greatest, gaudiest spree in history. … The whole golden boom was in the splendid generosities, its outrageous corruptions, and the death struggle of the old in prohibition.” (1935) REFERENCE: William A. Fahey, F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream (1973).
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