The romantic egoists
Subtitle: a pictorial autobiography from the scrapbooks and albums of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
By: edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, and Joan P. Kerr ; art editor, Margareta F. Lyons.
Contributors: Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph, 1931-; Smith, Scottie Fitzgerald.; Kerr, Joan Paterson.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940 -- Pictorial works; Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940 -- Marriage; Fitzgerald, Zelda, 1900-1948 -- Marriage; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Authors' spouses -- United States -- Biography; Married people -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Pictorial works.; Biography.
Description: "This pictorial autobiography of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald documents two lives that have become legendary. The Romantic Egoists draws almost entirely from the scrapbooks and photograph albums that the Fitzgeralds scrupulously kept as their personal record and provides a wealth of illustrative material not previously available."

"In a unique way this book gives Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own story. The variety is surprising: Fitzgerald's thoughts about his early loves in St. Paul, Minnesota; a photograph of the country club in Montgomery, Alabama, where the two met, reviews of This Side of Paradise; poems to the couple from Ring Lardner; snapshots of their trips abroad; Fitzgerald's careful accounting of his earnings; a photograph of the house on Long Island where The Great Gatsby was conceived; postcards with Fitzgerald's drawings for his daughter. These rare photos and memorabilia combine into a narrative augmented by selections from Scott's and Zelda's own writings, conveying the spirit of particular moments in their lives."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244).
Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1974.