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THE JAZZ AGE. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1896-1940—Minnesota Named for ancestor—Francis Scott Key Coined the term “Jazz Age” to describe the time period (1920s) he both critiqued and participated in “Bad student”—later went to Princeton WWI—never went overseas - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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THE JAZZ AGE
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896-1940—Minnesota
Named for ancestor—Francis Scott Key
Coined the term “Jazz Age” to describe the time period (1920s) he both critiqued and participated in
“Bad student”—later went to Princeton
WWI—never went overseas
Stationed in Alabama—fell in love with Zelda Sayre
1920—first novel, This Side of Paradise published
1920—married Zelda, moved to NYC
Heart of 1920 social scene in NYC
Lived in France, then returned to St. Paul, Minnesota
Daughter Frances born
1925—published The Great Gatsby (financial failure)
Hollywood
1930—Zelda suffers mental breakdown
1940—Fitzgerald dies of heart failure, The Last Tycoon published after his death
THE GREAT GATSBY: The American Dream?
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Family
Zelda Fitzgerald:
Zelda—A search for identity
“She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn't boring.”
“I am really only myself when I'm somebody else whom I have endowed with these wonderful qualities from my imagination.”
High school yearbook quote:
“Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow.Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow”
Born 1900, grew into a“rebel” woman in Montgomery, Alabama
Fitzgerald called her the “first American flapper”
Hungered for new experiences/identity
Painter, writer, dancer, wife
1930—mental breakdown, in and out of mental asylums for the rest of her life (schizophrenia)
Died 1948--fire
FLAPPERS
“The Flapper”
“I don't want to live, I want to love first and live incidentally.”
Short, bobbed hair
Short skirts, no corsets, “boyish” figure, makeup
Sexual liberation
Drinking/smoking/dancing/jazz (Charleston)
THE ROARING 1920s