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The Composition of Tender Is the Night

The Composition of Tender Is the Night

Bruccoli, Matthew J.

Paperback

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0822983834
ISBN13: 9780822983835
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Oct 15 1963
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Working with the complete collection of Tender is the Night manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, Matthew J. Bruccoli reconstructs seventeen drafts and three versions of the novel to answer questions about F. Scott Fitzgerald s major work that have long puzzled critics of modern literature.In 1934, nine years after the appearance of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald permitted publication of Tender is the Night. Disappointed by its critical reception, Fitzgerald suggested that the structure of the novel should be drastically rearranged. In 1951, eleven years after his death, Charles Scribner s Sons brought out an edition that incorporated Fitzgerald s changes. Controversy arose over the merits of the two published versions and over the \u201cnine lost years\u201d in Fitzgerald s life between his two great novels, years of rewriting before publication of Tender is the Night that resulted in six cartons of notes and drafts. After analyzing this wealth of material, Bruccoli reconstructs every working stage in the novel and reaches his own conclusions about which edition is the most valid.

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