The Far Side of Paradise
The Far Side of Paradise is a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Arthur Mizener. Published in 1951 by Houghton Mifflin in the US and Eyre & Spottiswoode in the UK, it was the first published biography of Fitzgerald[1] and is credited with renewing public interest in its subject.[2] It dealt frankly with Scott's alcoholism and his wife Zelda's schizophrenia.
Edmund Wilson, a literary critic and close friend of the Fitzgeralds, later commented that the book's anecdotes distorted Scott and Zelda's relationship and personalities for the worse.[3]
References
- ^ Flanagan, John T. (1951). "Review of The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald". Minnesota History. 32 (2): 115–117. JSTOR 20175604.
- ^ "Arthur Mizener, 80, Critic Who Wrote Work on Fitzgerald". 15 February 1988. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ Edmund Wilson on F. Scott Fitzgerald
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