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Arthur Mizener (1907–1988)

Autor(a) de The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald

16+ Works 551 Membros 1 Review

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Obras de Arthur Mizener

Associated Works

Flappers and Philosophers (1920) — Introdução, algumas edições742 cópias
Afternoon of an Author (1957) — Editor, algumas edições165 cópias
The Fitzgerald Reader (1963) — Editor — 67 cópias
Some Do Not & No More Parades (1948) — Posfácio, algumas edições57 cópias
Robert Penn Warren: A Collection of Critical Essays (1980) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Mizener, Arthur
Nome de batismo
Mizener, Arthur Moore
Data de nascimento
1907-09-03
Data de falecimento
1988-02-11
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
País (para mapa)
USA
Local de nascimento
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Local de falecimento
Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Educação
Princeton University (BA, PhD)
Harvard University (MA)
Ocupação
English professor, Cornell University
Organizações
Cornell University

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Originally written in 1941, Mizener takes great care to weave an analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald's work into the details of his life. The result is a well balanced biography, bringing "Scott" as he is referred to throughout the book, alive on many different levels. Mizener put a great deal of research into writing Far Side but his style is not dry, nor overly academic. The entire biography is peppered with humor and an easy conversational style. "Meanwhile he [Fitzgerald] had begun to write and had become St. Paul Academy's star debater (no one had found means to shut him up)" (p 18) is just an example of the humor embedded in Mizener's biography. The only thing I really found missing were pictures. I would have enjoyed seeing the styles of the 1920s and 30s. The stories of the parties the Fitzgeralds used to have are hysterical.… (mais)
½
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SeriousGrace | Sep 22, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
16
Also by
5
Membros
551
Popularidade
#45,290
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
1
ISBNs
24
Idiomas
1

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