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American literature 1
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
Works
"The Great Gatsby" (1925) or The Great American Novel
"The Beautiful and Damned" (1922)
"Tender Is the Night" (1934)
Initial popularity from "This Side of Paradise" (1920)
Heavily based on his life
The Letters
Published many short-stories
Influence
J. D. Salinger
At least 11 films
Along with films and musicals based on Fitzgerald
Richard Yates
Life
Achieved success in NY in
1920
(only after continuous failure)
The Jazz Age
Popularity steadily declined
The Great Depression
Alchoholism
Died of a heart attack at 44
Failure in Hollywood
Moved to France in 1924
The Lost Generation (Hemingway)
Short stories
Joined the army, met first muse
Zelda (Schizofrenic)
Dropped out of school
John Steinbeck
Style and themes
Man's need to belong
Dreams and lost hope
Rootless (despised) Americans
Sympathetic humor
Career
Nobel Prize in literature (1962)
Little success from his 4th novel ("Tortilla Flat") inspired him to continue
First 3 novels were unsuccessful
"Of Mice and Men" (1937)
Pulitzer Prize in 1940 ("The Grapes of Wrath)
Early life
Started in Stanford university in 1919, left in 1925 without graduating
Spent summers working on farms and ranches
Born in Salinas California (1902)
Influence
Awareness of the social and economic issues of rural America
Source of hope and inspiration
"Giant of American Letters"
17 out of his 33 works have been made into TV or studio movies
Jerome David Salinger
Life (1919-2010)
New York
50 years of isolated life
WWII
Influences
Unique style of writing
Caulfield as a symbol of rebellion
Works
"The Catcher in the Rye" (1951)
"For Esmé—with Love and Squalor" (1950)
"Franny and Zooey" (1961)
The New Yorker
