The Complete Magazine Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1921-1924

by Alexandra Mitchell (Editor), Jennifer Nolan (Editor)

Overview

As we celebrate the centennials of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works, this volume offers a timely new approach to the short stories of the Poet Laureate of the Jazz Age. Foregrounding reception, this volume is the first to bring together and reprint all of the magazine texts of the eighteen stories Fitzgerald published in American magazines between 1921 and 1924 – replicating, as closely as possible, the version of Fitzgerald’s texts that were available to American audiences. Drawing attention to the nine different magazines where his stories appeared, this collection emphasises the size, scope and power of the American magazine market as the Jazz Age began, and situates Fitzgerald’s works within the contexts where they were read by his largest audiences and where his reputation as a social historian was created, appreciated and solidified.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781399512213
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	05/18/2023
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alexandra Mitchell spent a decade collecting the complete short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. She uses digital humanities techniques to illuminate their historical contexts for the contemporary reader. She received her undergraduate degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge and her Master's degree in Information Technology from the University of Glasgow.

Jennifer Nolan is Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University. She has published widely on the literary, cultural, editorial and visual contexts of popular American magazines in the interwar era, with special emphasis on F. Scott Fitzgerald, short stories and illustration. Her recent work has appeared in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, Book History, American Periodicals and the Journal of Modern Periodical Studies. She serves on the board of the F. Scott Fitzgerald society.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction, by Jennifer Nolan

Stories
Transcribed and edited by Alexandra Mitchell
Jemina, the Mountain Girl (Vanity Fair, January 1921)
His Russet Witch (Metropolitan, February 1921)
Tarquin of Cheapside (Smart Set, February 1921)
The Popular Girl (Saturday Evening Post, 11 and 18 February 1922)
Two for a Cent (Metropolitan, April 1922)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Collier’s, 27 May 1922)
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (Smart Set, June 1922)
Winter Dreams (Metropolitan, December 1922)
Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar (Hearst’s International, May 1923)
Hot and Cold Blood (Hearst’s International, August 1923)
Gretchen’s Forty Winks (Saturday Evening Post, 15 March 1924)
Diamond Dick and the First Law of Woman (Hearst’s International, April 1924)
The Third Casket (Saturday Evening Post, 31 May 1924)
Absolution (American Mercury, June 1924)
Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr-nce of W-les (McCall’s, July 1924)
The Sensible Thing (Liberty, 5 July 1924)
The Unspeakable Egg (Saturday Evening Post, 12 July 1924)
John Jackson’s Arcady (Saturday Evening Post, 26 July 1924)

Explanatory Notes, by Alexandra Mitchell
Appendix 1: Ngram Language Analysis, by Alexandra Mitchell
Appendix 2: Magazine Publication Details, by Jennifer Nolan
Appendix 3: Visual Contexts of Fitzgerald’s Magazine Market, Images introduced and compiled by Jennifer Nolan
Works Cited

Editorial Reviews

For F. Scott Fitzgerald scholars and fans alike, this collection immerses us in the luminous world of 1921-1924 magazines, from　Vanity Fair　and　Metropolitan　to the　Saturday Evening Post　and　McCall’s. Thanks to Alexandra Mitchell and Jennifer Nolan, the charming sparkle of eighteen underrated and often overlooked gems finally get the dais they deserve.

Kirk Curnutt