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Francis Scott Fitzgerald: What Influenced His Writing?

 * 1) Jazz.
 * 2) Genres: Novels, Short Stories; Fiction
 * 3) Wars, he joined the army to fight in War World 1
 * 4) Known for his prominent works of literature.
 * 5) Led one of the luxurious lifestyles during the decade, but that had an influence on what he wrote.
 * 6) After being turned down from a marriage proposal due to lack of success by Zelda, he began working on his novel The Side Of Paradise to prove her and everyone else who believed the same wrong.
 * 7) The Side Of Paradise was published in March of 1920 and he instantly became a success, he asked Zelda again to marry her and she said yes.
 * 8) The Side Of Paradise was some-what auto-biographical novel about the new life of former soldiers who fought in the war against Germany.
 * 9) He was influenced by his time in the army in 1917 when he wrote The Side Of Paradise in 1920
 * 10) In 1943 his final attempt at a hit novel was Tender Is the Night, he wrote this in hopes that he would make enough money for Zelda's health treatments and his daughter.
 * 11) Majority of people didn't consider his writing to be "high quality", because of the long held belief that he was an irresponsible writer.
 * 12) In the 1940's, a revival of his work made him and his workers more appreciated.
 * 13) By 1960's he had secured a place in literary history as one of the most prominent writers ever.
 * 14) He wrote The Great Gatsby that depicted the golden life that many led in the 1920's
 * 15) He contributed to the Princeton Tiger humor magazine and the Nassau Literary Magazine.
 * 16) This Side Of Paradise (New York: Scribners, 1920; London: Collins, 1921)
 * 17) Flappers and Philosphers (New York: Scribners, 1920; London: Collins, 1922)
 * 18) The Beautiful and Damned (New York: Scribners, 1922; London: Collins, 1922)
 * 19) Tales of the Jazz Age (New York: Scribners, 1922; London: Collins, 1923)
 * 20) The Vegtable (New York: Scribners, 1923)
 * 21) The Great Gatsby (New York: Scribners, 1925; London: Chatto & Windus, 1926)
 * 22) All the Sad Young Men (New York: Scribners, 1926).
 * 23) Tender Is the Night (New York: Scribners, 1934; London: Chatto & Windus, 1934).
 * 24) Taps at Reveille (New York: Scribners, 1935).
 * 25) The Last Tycoon, ed. Edmund Wilson (New York: Scribners, 1941; London: Grey Walls, 1949).
 * 26) The Crack Up, ed. Wilson (New York: New Directions, 1945; Harmondsworth, U. K.: Penguin, 1965).
 * 27) The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, ed. Malcolm Cowley (New York: Scribners, 1951).
 * 28) Afternoon of an Author, ed. Arthur Mizener (Princeton: Princeton University Library, 1957; London: Bodley Head, 1958).
 * 29) The Pat Hobby Stories ed. Arnold Gingrich (New York: Scribners, 1962; Harmondsworth, U. K.: Penguin, 1967).
 * 30) The Apprentice Fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1990-1917, ed. John Kuehl (New Brunswick, N. J.: Rutgers University Press, 1965).
 * 31) F. Scott Fitzgerald In His Own Time: A Miscellany ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Jackson R. Bryer (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1971).
 * 32) The Basil and Josephine Stories, ed. Kuehl (New York: Scribners, 1973).
 * 33) Bits of Paradise: 21 Uncollected Stories by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, ed. Scottie Fitzgerald Smith and Bruccoli (New York: Scribners, 1973).
 * 34) F. Scott Fitzgerald Ledger, ed. Bruccoli (Washington, D. C.: Bruccoli Clark / NCR Microcard Books, 1973).
 * 35) The Great Gatsby: A Facsimile of the Manuscript, ed. Bruccoli (Washington, D. C.: Bruccoli Clark / NCR Microcard Books, 1973).
 * 36) The Notebooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald, ed. Bruccoli (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / Bruccoli Clark, 1978).
 * 37) The Prince Was High: The Last Uncollected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, ed. Bruccoli (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / Bruccoli Clark, 1979).
 * 38) Poems 1911-1940, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli (Bloomfield Hills, Mich. & Columbia, S.C.: Bruccoli Clark, 1981).
 * 39) The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Bruccoli (New York: Scribners, 1989).
 * 40) Tender Is the Night: Melarky and Kelly Versions, introduced and arranged by Bruccoli (New York: Garland, 1990).
 * 41) Tender Is the Night: The Diver Version, introduced and arranged by Bruccoli (New York: Garland, 1991).
 * 42) Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi: A Facsimile of The 1914 Acting Script and Musical Score (Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1996).
 * 43) F. Scott Fitzgerald Authorship, ed. Matthew Bruccoli with Judy Baughman (Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1996).
 * 44) Malcolm Cowley stated about Fitgerald that "He lived in a room full of clocks and calendars. The years ticked away while he noted the songs, the shows, the books, the quarterbacks. His own career followed the pattern of the nation, booming in the early 1920s and skidding into near oblivion during the depths of the Depression. Yet his fiction did more than merely report on his times, or on himself as a prototypical representative, for Fitzgerald had the gift of double vision."
 * 45) Died thinking he was a failure
 * 46) Born in Minnesota
 * 47) Given his name by Fransic Scott, man who wrote the Star Spangeled Banner.
 * 48) Started writing at St. Paul Academy
 * 49) He entered Princeton University in 1913, where he failed to become a football hero
 * 50) Left his studies in 1917 due to his lack of academic records
 * 51) His wife Zelda had her baby in 1921
 * 52) His alcoholism and Zelda's mental break down attracted a lot of attention in the 1930's
 * 53) Claimed he had Contracted Tuberculosis to cover up his drinking problems
 * 54) Fired because of his alcohol problems
 * 55) He had 2 heart attacks in the late 1940's
 * 56) Soon after the first 2 heart attacks, he had a massive one
 * 57) Wrote his way out of debt with short stories
 * 58) Became friends with future writers, Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop
 * 59) Considered a member of the Lost Generation of the 1920's
 * 60) His first writing experience to appear in print was a detective story in the school newspaper when he was 13
 * 61) As a boy he was a passionate moviegoer, he directed and acted in plays
 * 62) Wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club musicals
 * 63) Convinced himslef that he would die in the war, which he didn't
 * 64) Promised himself that he would only write when he was sober
 * 65) Died on December 21, 1940
 * 66) Died at the age of 44
 * 67) The Great Gatsby was considered his masterpiecee
 * 68) Made several adventures to Europe
 * 69) Became friends with many members of the American expatriate community in Paris
 * 70) He began working on his 4th novel in 1920's
 * 71) Got sidetrack from working on his 4th novel by finacial difficulties
 * 72) Worked on short stories in Hollywood in the 1930's
 * 73) Millions of copies were made of The Great Gatsby
 * 74) Closley associated with the eras of "Jazz Age"
 * 75) Close friends with Ernest Hemingway
 * 76) Became famous for his extravagant lifestyle
 * 77) In 1919 he worked breifly in New York for an advertising agency
 * 78) "Babes in the Wood" was his first story
 * 79) Spent the money earned on a pair of white flannels
 * 80) The story was published in The Smart Set

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