Tender Is the Night and F. Scott Fitzgerald's Sentimental Identities

by Christian K. Messenger

In this fascinating study, Chris Messenger posits F. Scott Fitzgerald as a great master of sentiment in modern American fiction. Sentimental forms both attracted and repelled Fitzgerald while defining his deepest impulses as a prose writer. Messenger demonstrates that the sentimental identities, refractions, and influences Fitzgerald explores in Tender Is the Night define key components in his affective life, which evolved into a powerful aesthetic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817318534
• ISBN13: 9780817318536
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"