Tales of the Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald , Edited by James L. W. West, III

• ISBN13: 9780521402385
• ISBN10: 0521402387
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), includes two masterpieces - 'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz' - as well as other stories from his earlier career. Tales of the Jazz Age and Other Stories reproduces Tales of the Jazz Age in full, along with several uncollected stories from the early 1920s, including 'Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar', a 1923 narrative which closely anticipates the themes and characters of The Great Gatsby. In his introduction James L. W. West III offers an account of the textual history of the stories, reconstructs Fitzgerald's decisions about which stories to include and exclude, and examines reproductions of surviving manuscripts and typescripts. He supplies a full record of variants, tracing Fitzgerald's extensive revisions to the stories, and he provides detailed historical notes, references and glosses.

Author Biography

James L. W. West III is Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, where he directs the Penn State Center for the History of the Book

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Illustrations	ix
Introduction	xi
Background	xi
Submission and revision	xiv
Disagreements	xv
Design	xvi
Final choices	xviii
Editorial principles	xix
TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE
A Table of Contents	5	(8)
The Jelly-Bean	13	(20)
The Camel's Back	33	(28)
May Day	61	(54)
Porcelain and Pink	115	(12)
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz	127	(42)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	169	(27)
Tarquin of Cheapside	196	(8)
``O Russet Witch!''	204	(35)
The Lees of Happiness	239	(22)
Mr Icky	261	(8)
Jemina, the Mountain Girl	269	(8)
Additional Stories, May 1923--March 1925
Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar	277	(21)
Diamond Dick	298	(20)
The Third Casket	318	(14)
The Unspeakable Egg	332	(19)
John Jackson's Arcady	351	(23)
The Pusher-in-the-Face	374	(15)
Love in the Night	389	(18)
Record of variants	407	(92)
Explanatory notes	499	(30)
Illustrations	529	(4)
Appendix 1 Dummy table of contents	533	(5)
Appendix 2 Composition, publication, and earnings	538