Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Life
Childhood and literary apprenticeship(1896-1917)
Zelda and early success (1918-1924)
Artistic maturity and personal decline(1925-1934)
The crack-up and the comeback (1935-1940)
Chapter 2 Cultural context
My generation: youth culture and the politics of aging
The theater of being: personality and performative identity
The marketplace of self-making: personal style and consumerism
Flaunting recreations: conspicuous leisure and the culture of indulgence
Chapter 3 Works
Composition process
Major themes
Major characters
Major plots and motifs
Mode and genre
Style and point of view
Chapter 4 Critical reception
Contemporary reviewers
The Fitzgerald revival
Modern Fitzgerald studies
Notes
Guide to further reading
Index
