Literature+and+Fitzgerald-Per+7+2012


 * [[image:fitzgerald.jpg]]F Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota.
 * A knowledge of the classics was considered an essential part of a good education.
 * F. Scott Fitzgerald was the leader of literature during the 1920's.
 * best known as the voice of the 1920s.
 * Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is best known as the voice of the 1920s.
 * The new writers of the 1920s built upon a growing anxiety about the world Americans saw around them,
 * F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known as the voice of the 1920s. While his artistic reputation rests most securely on // The Great Gatsby, // Fitzgerald produced works, such as // This Side of Paradise // and // Tender Is the Night, // that have become equal parts of the myth of America's Jazz Age.
 * Reading was a popular recreational activity especially during the winter months when other forms of activity were limited. Prior to radio and television most people gained knowledge of the wider world and current events through printed material.
 * Also in this time period Hitler published Mein Kampf