Tender is the Night and F. Scott Fitzgerald's sentimental identities /
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, ref...
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Tuscaloosa :
The University of Alabama Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: Identities
- "Rare", "whole-souled", "vicious": Fitzgerald's ambivalence toward sentiment in Book One of Tender Is the Night
- Replacing the dead sisters: Fitzgerald's narrative incorporations of sentimental mourning
- "So easy to be loved - so hard to love": Sentiment, charm, and carrying the egos
- Part II: Refractions
- Sentiment and the construction of Nicole Warren Diver
- Ophelia, Zelda, and the women of Tender is the Night
- The uncanny in Fitzgerald's sentimental imagination
- Part III: Influences
- "The Queen Moon is On Her Throne": Fitzgerald's maternal hero "Plagued By" Keats and Florence Nightingale
- "How Many Women Is Power": Dickens' Sarah Gamp and Ventriloquizing the sentimental
- Sancturary and Little Lord Fauntleroy: Sentiment, sensation, and "two faces"
- Conclusion
- note: pt. I IDENTITIES
- 1 "Rare," "Whole-Souled," "Vicious": Fitzgerald's Ambivalence toward Sentiment in Book One of Tender Is the Night
- 2. Replacing the Dead Sisters: Fitzgerald's Narrative Incorporations of Sentimental Mourning
- 3. "So Easy To Be Loved---So Hard To Love": Sentiment, Charm, and Carrying the Egos
- pt. II REFRACTIONS
- 4. Sentiment and the Construction of Nicole Warren Diver
- 5. Ophelia, Zelda, and the Women of Tender Is the Night
- 6. Uncanny in Fitzgerald's Sentimental Imagination
- pt. III INFLUENCES
- 7. "The Queen Moon Is On Her Throne": Fitzgerald's Maternal Hero "Plagued By" Keats and Florence Nightingale
- 8. "How Many Women Is Power": Dickens' Sarah Gamp and Ventriloquizing the Sentimental
- 9. Sanctuary and Little Lord Fauntleroy: Sentiment, Sensation, and "Two Faces".
- Part I Identities
- 1 "Rare," "WhoIe-Souled," "Vicious": Fitzgerald's Ambivalence toward Sentiment in Book One of Tender Is the Night 21
- 2 Replacing the Dead Sisters: Fitzgerald's Narrative Incorporations of Sentimental Mourning 42
- 3 "So Easy To Be Loved-So Hard To Love": Sentiment, Charm, and Carrying the Egos 60
- Part II Refractions
- 4 Sentiment and the Construction of Nicole Warren Diver 83
- 5 Ophelia, Zelda, and the Women of Tender Is the Night 104
- 6 The Uncanny in Fitzgerald's Sentimental Imagination 127
- Part III Influences
- 7 "The Queen Moon Is On Her Throne": Fitzgerald's Maternal Hero "Plagued By" Keats and Florence Nightingale 149
- 8 "How Many Women Is Power": Dickens' Sarah Gamp and Ventriloquizing the Sentimental 168
- 9 Sanctuary and Little Lord Fauntleroy: Sentiment, Sensation, and "Two Faces" 187