Tales of the Jazz Age

The 1920s, between the end of the Great War and the beginning of the Great Depression, were known as the “Jazz Age.” Although in the popular view this was a time of flashy wealth, wild parties, and licentious behavior, the era had a dark side, too. The most famous chronicler of the Jazz Age was F. Scott Fitzgerald. We will read and discuss the wonderful, wide-ranging stories in Fitzgerald’s eponymous collection.

Readings:

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tales of the Jazz Age, ISBN 978-0307476371 or available for free on Gutenberg.org.

Paul Kalkstein internalized the work of Fitzgerald, and later wrote a major paper on his novels in a master’s program at Yale.

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