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An Apprehension of Splendor - Shawn Sudia-Skehan

An Apprehension of Splendor

A Biography in Photographs of F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Family
Buch | Hardcover
352 Seiten
2025
The University of Alabama Press (Verlag)
978-0-8173-2179-6 (ISBN)
CHF 69,80 inkl. MwSt
A collection of rare (many never before published) intimate photographs of the Fitzgeralds.
A unique collection of Fitzgerald family photographs, many never before published, hand selected by a curator of the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum

Enter the Jazz Age glamour of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and their daughter, Scottie. An Apprehension of Splendor is a rich pictorial biography that illuminates the lives of this brilliant literary family in 344 rare photographs, 180 of which have never been published.

The Fitzgeralds are chiefly known from a small number of iconic, posed images, but the dashing couple and their daughter amassed hundreds of candid snapshots now housed in archives and university library collections throughout North America. These rare photos reveal the full, vivid lives behind the icons—a Buffalo boy cradling a velvety puppy, a jaunty southern gamine in the shade of a loblolly pine laughing at a secret, the stoic gloom of an enlistee in a scratchy woolen uniform, a plot taking shape in the mind of a fledgling writer with bed-tousled hair, an amorous young couple struggling to light a cigarette in the chiaroscuro of a Riviera beach, an unhappy baby tugged through the snow in a laundry basket lashed to a sled, and a myriad of other images that will rekindle fascination with the Fitzgeralds and their time.

With unparalleled access to the family’s personal papers and photographs, Shawn Sudia-Skehan, former director of acquisitions at the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, handpicked and annotated this collection of images that brings readers closer to the Fitzgeralds than any other work. Readers of Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, and many other works by F. Scott and Zelda will recognize some of the places and experiences that inspired their unforgettable fictions.

A captivating portrait of Jazz Age celebrity, young passion, and artistic ambition, An Apprehension of Splendor returns the perfume to the luminous flower of the Fitzgeralds.

Shawn Sudia-Skehan served on the board of directors of the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Alabama for many years and as the museum’s director of acquisitions.

Erscheinungsdatum
Co-Autor Eleanor Lanahan, Jackson R. Bryer
Zusatzinfo 344
Verlagsort Alabama
Sprache englisch
Maße 203 x 254 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Fotografieren / Filmen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-8173-2179-9 / 0817321799
ISBN-13 978-0-8173-2179-6 / 9780817321796
Zustand Neuware
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