Research Catalog

Title

The crack-up : with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters : together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos : and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld, Glenway Wescott, John Dos Passos, John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited by Edmund Wilson.

Author

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

Publication

• [New York] : New Directions, [1945]
• ©1945

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
• Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
• Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970
• Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946
• Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987
• Bishop, John Peale, 1892-1944
• Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972
• Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
• Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962
• New Directions Publishing, publisher.
• James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Description

347 pages; 24 cm

Subjects

• Authors, American
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
• Correspondence
• Literature
• Poetry
• Personal correspondence
• Essays
• Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
• United States
• 1900-1999
• Dust jackets (Binding) > New York (State) > New York > 1949
• American literature > 20th century
• Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 > Correspondence
• Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938 > Correspondence
• Eliot, T. S (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 > Correspondence
• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 > Correspondence
• Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 > Correspondence
• Authors, American > 20th century > Correspondence
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 > Correspondence
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 > Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc

Genre/Form

• Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 1949.
• Essays.
• Personal correspondence.
• Poetry.
• Literature.
• Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
• Correspondence.

Note

• "A New Directions book" -- title page.
• "New Directions Books are published by James Laughlin" -- title page verso.
• R.A. Wilson publication date.
• According to Bruccoli, four offset reprintings of the first edition were manufactured between 1945 and 1960, undifferentiated by the publisher.

Indexed In (note)

• Wilson, R.A. Gertrude Stein
• Bruccoli, M. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1972)
• Carruth, H. New Directions reader
• Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Binding (note)

• Copy in Berg Coll 22-862 bound in publishers' beige V cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Peter Beilenson; price on front flap: $3.50; back flap lists 'The Great Gatsby' and other titles in the New Classics series; back of dust jacket list of "some unusual books": 'Stephen Hero," 'The books of Henry Miller,' 'Stories of Artists & Writers', and 'First Act'; New Directions address: 500 Fifth Avenue, New York.
• Copy in Berg Coll 22-863 bound in publishers' tan V cloth; lacks dust jacket; top edge stained in red; New Directions address on imprint: 67 West 44th, New York City.

Contents

Echoes of the jazz age -- My lost city -- Ring -- "Show Mr. and Mrs. F. to number -- " -- Auction : Model 1934 -- Sleeping and waking -- The crack-up -- Early success -- The note-books. Anecdotes ; Bright clippings ; Conversation and things overheard ; Descriptions of things and atmosphere ; Epigrams, wisecracks and jokes ; Feelings and emotions (without girls) ; Descriptions of girls ; Descriptions of humanity (physical) ; Ideas ; Jingles and songs ; Karacters ; Literary ; Moments (what people do) ; Nonsense and stray phrases ; Observations ; Rought stuff ; Scenes and situations ; Titles ; Unclassified ; Vernacular ; Youth and army -- Letters to friends -- Letters to Frances Scott Fitzgerald -- Three letters about "The Great Gatsby" from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, and T.S. Eliot -- A letter from John Dos Passos -- A letter from Thomas Wolfe -- F. Scott Fitzgerald / by Paul Rosenfeld -- The moral of Scott Fitzgerald / by Glenway Wescott -- A note on Fitzgerald / by John Dos Passos -- The hours / by John Peale Bishop.

Call Number

JFE 87-5343

LCCN

45035148

OCLC

3549388

Author

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, author, correspondent.

Title

The crack-up : with other uncollected pieces, note-books and unpublished letters : together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos : and essays and poems by Paul Rosenfeld, Glenway Wescott, John Dos Passos, John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited by Edmund Wilson.

Publisher

[New York] : New Directions, [1945]

Copyright Date

©1945

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Wilson, R.A. Gertrude Stein, B36a-b

Bruccoli, M. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1972), A19.1.b

Carruth, H. New Directions reader, page 226

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 13

Additional Formats

Also issued online.

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-862 bound in publishers' beige V cloth; with original dust jacket designed by Peter Beilenson; price on front flap: $3.50; back flap lists 'The Great Gatsby' and other titles in the New Classics series; back of dust jacket list of "some unusual books": 'Stephen Hero," 'The books of Henry Miller,' 'Stories of Artists & Writers', and 'First Act'; New Directions address: 500 Fifth Avenue, New York. NN

Copy in Berg Coll 22-863 bound in publishers' tan V cloth; lacks dust jacket; top edge stained in red; New Directions address on imprint: 67 West 44th, New York City. NN

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll 22-862 & Berg Coll 22-863 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946, correspondent.

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, correspondent.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965, correspondent.

Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938, correspondent.

Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970, writer of supplementary textual content, correspondent.

Rosenfeld, Paul, 1890-1946, writer of supplementary textual content.

Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987, writer of supplementary textual content.

Bishop, John Peale, 1892-1944, writer of supplementary textual content.

Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972, editor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.

Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962, book designer, bookjacket designer.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Other Form:

Online version: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Crack-up. [New York, J. Laughlin, 1945] (OCoLC)561676938

Research Call Number

Berg Coll 22-862

Berg Coll 22-863

JFE 87-5343

AN (Fitzgerald. The crack-up)