Where All Good Flappers Go: Essential Stories of the Jazz Age
| AUTHOR | Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Fitzgerald, Zelda; Fitzgerald, F. Scott et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Pushkin Collection (07/11/2023) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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"I believe in the flapper as an artist in her particular field, the art of being - being young, being lovely." -- Zelda Fitzgerald A sparkling new collection of "flapper fiction" stories featuring the iconic women who defined the Jazz Age Edited and introduced by David M. Earle Vivacious, charming, irreverent, the flapper is a girl who knows how to have a roaring good time. In this collection of short stories, she's a partygoer, a socialite, a student, a shopgirl, and an acrobat. She bobs her hair, shortens her skirt, searches for a husband and scandalises her mother. She's a glittering object of delight, and a woman embracing a newfound independence. Bringing together stories from widely adored writers and newly discovered gems, principally sourced from the magazines of the period, this collection is a celebration of the outrageous charm of an iconic figure of the Jazz Age. This fabulous collection includes:
- Zelda Fitzgerald "What Became of the Flapper"
- Dana Ames "The Clever Little Fool"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald "Bernice Bobs her Hair"
- Rudolph Fisher "Common Meter"
- John Watts "Something For Nothing"
- Dorothy Parker "The Mantle of Whistler"
- Katherine Brush "Night Club"
- Gertrude Schalk "The Chicago Kid"
- Dawn Powell "Not the Marrying Kind"
- Vina Delmar "Thou Shalt Not Killjoy"
- Guy Gilpatric "The Bride of Ballyhoo"
- Anita Loos "Why Girls Go South"
- Zora Neale Hurston "Monkey Junk"
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ISBN-13:
9781782279303
ISBN-10:
178227930X
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
224
Carton Quantity:
44
Product Dimensions:
4.70 x 0.90 x 6.40 inches
Weight:
0.50 pound(s)
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Country of Origin:
GB
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BISAC Categories
Fiction | World Literature - American - 20th Century
Fiction | Anthologies (multiple authors)
Fiction | Literary
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"I believe in the flapper as an artist in her particular field, the art of being - being young, being lovely." -- Zelda Fitzgerald A sparkling new collection of "flapper fiction" stories featuring the iconic women who defined the Jazz Age Edited and introduced by David M. Earle Vivacious, charming, irreverent, the flapper is a girl who knows how to have a roaring good time. In this collection of short stories, she's a partygoer, a socialite, a student, a shopgirl, and an acrobat. She bobs her hair, shortens her skirt, searches for a husband and scandalises her mother. She's a glittering object of delight, and a woman embracing a newfound independence. Bringing together stories from widely adored writers and newly discovered gems, principally sourced from the magazines of the period, this collection is a celebration of the outrageous charm of an iconic figure of the Jazz Age. This fabulous collection includes:
- Zelda Fitzgerald "What Became of the Flapper"
- Dana Ames "The Clever Little Fool"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald "Bernice Bobs her Hair"
- Rudolph Fisher "Common Meter"
- John Watts "Something For Nothing"
- Dorothy Parker "The Mantle of Whistler"
- Katherine Brush "Night Club"
- Gertrude Schalk "The Chicago Kid"
- Dawn Powell "Not the Marrying Kind"
- Vina Delmar "Thou Shalt Not Killjoy"
- Guy Gilpatric "The Bride of Ballyhoo"
- Anita Loos "Why Girls Go South"
- Zora Neale Hurston "Monkey Junk"
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Editor:
Earle, David M.
David M. Earle is assistant professor in the Department of English and Foreign Languages at University of West Florida in Pensacola. He is the author of Re-Covering Modernism: Pulps, Paperbacks, and the Prejudice of Form and has articles in The James Joyce Quarterly and the forthcoming Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines.
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