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Zelda Fitzgerald: Her Voice in Paradise

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by Sally Cline


  Federal Art Project, Alabama, 1

  Felder Avenue, Montgomery, 1, 2

  Ferber, Edna, 1

  Fine Art School, Baltimore, 1

  Finney, Eben, 1

  Finney, Margaret (‘Peaches’), 1, 2, 3, 4

  First World War (1914-18), 1, 2, 3

  Fitzgerald, Annabel (FSF’s aunt), 1, 2

  Fitzgerald, Annabel (later Sprague) (FSF’s sister), 1, 2, 3;

  FSF’s advice to, 1;

  as godmother, 1, 2;

  marriage, 1;

  quarrels over inheritance, 1

  Fitzgerald, Edward, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Fitzgerald, Frances Scott (‘Scottie’), 1

  birth, 1, 2, 3;

  family background, 1, 2;

  Catholicism, 1, 2;

  infancy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  nannies/governesses, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  in France (1924/5), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  in France (1926), 1, 2, 3;

  in Washington (1927), 1, 2;

  ZSF’s letters from Hollywood, 1;

  at Ellerslie (1927/8), 1, 2, 3, 4;

  ZSF’s art used for, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  in France (1928), 1, 2, 3;

  in France (1929/30), 1, 2, 3, 4;

  education, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;

  ballet classes, 1, 2, 3;

  friends, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  care of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  family memories, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and ZSF’s breakdown, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  visits ZSF in clinic, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  ZSF’s letters from clinic, 1;

  graduates from Ethel Walker, 1;

  at Vassar, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  and Sheilah Graham, 1;

  campaigns for ZSF’s release, 1;

  and FSF’s death, 1;

  journalism, 1, 2;

  marriage (1943), 1;

  and ZSF’s art, 1;

  visits ZSF in Montgomery (1940), 1;

  on ZSF’s death, 1;

  similarities to FSF, 1;

  daughter-mother relationship, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

  Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key

  Life: family background, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  childhood, 1, 2;

  schooldays, 1, 2;

  early influences, 1;

  Princeton University, 1, 2;

  war service, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  meets ZSF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  as copywriter, 1, 2;

  first story published (1919), 1;

  engagement, 1, 2;

  affairs with May Steiner, Helen Dent, Rosalinde Fuller, 1;

  This Side of Paradise published, 1, 2, 3;

  wedding, 1, 2;

  in New York (1920), 1;

  affair with Gene Bankhead, 1;

  in Westport, Conn., 1, 2, 3;

  visits Montgomery (1920), 1, 2;

  in New York (1920), 1;

  works on Beautiful and Damned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  European tour (1921), 1;

  returns to St Paul, 1;

  Scottie born, 1;

  Beautiful and Damned published, 1, 2;

  moves to Great Neck, 1;

  in France (1924), 1, 2;

  ZSF’s relationship with Jozan, 1, 2, 3;

  in Italy (1924-5), 1;

  Great Gatsby published, 1, 2;

  in Paris (1925), 1, 2;

  meets Hemingway, 1, 2;

  violence towards ZSF, 1, 2;

  on Riviera (1925), 1, 2, 3, 4;

  in Los Angeles (1927), 1;

  at Ellerslie, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;

  novel-writer’s block, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

  in Paris (1928), 1;

  European trip (1929), 1;

  questions ZSF’s sexuality, 1, 2, 3;

  becomes indifferent to ZSF, 1, 2, 3;

  North Africa trip (1930), 1;

  in Paris (1930), 1;

  ZSF’s first breakdown, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  involvement in ZSF’s treatment, 1, 2, 3;

  writes analytical memo, 1;

  affair with Bijou O’Conor, 1;

  ZSF discharged, 1;

  in Montgomery (1931), 1;

  in Hollywood, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  in Florida (1932), 1;

  ZSF’s second breakdown, 1, 2, 3;

  implicated in ZSF’s breakdown, 1, 2, 3;

  and Save Me The Waltz, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  tries to curtail ZSF’s writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

  wields authority over ZSF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  hospitalized for alcoholism, 1, 2, 3;

  discusses troubles with ZSF (1933), 1;

  considers divorce, 1;

  ZSF’s third breakdown (1934), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  and Cary Ross Gallery exhibition, 1;

  affairs (1934-5), with Dorothy Parker, 1,

  with Beatrice Dance, 1;

  edits ZSF’s stories, 1;

  mother’s death, 1;

  in Hollywood (1937), 1;

  affair with Sheilah Graham, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  refuses ZSF’s release from Highland, 1;

  begins Last Tycoon, 1, 2;

  ZSF released (1940), 1;

  heart attacks, 1, 2;

  death, 1;

  obituaries, 1;

  Last Tycoon published (1941), 1

  Writing: ‘Absolution’, 1, 2;

  ‘Adjuster, The’, 1, 2;

  All The Sad Young Men, 1;

  autobiographical fiction, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  ‘Babes in the Woods’, 1, 2;

  ‘Babylon Revisited’, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  ‘Baby Party’, 1;

  Basil Duke Lee tales, 1, 2, 3;

  Beautiful and Damned, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  as autobiography, 1, 2;

  film rights, 1;

  jacket, 1;

  marriage, treatment of, 1;

  May Steiner portrayed in, 1;

  Nathan portrayed in, 1;

  publication, 1, 2;

  reviews of, 1, 2, 3;

  sales, 1;

  Scandalabra and, 1;

  serial rights, 1, 2;

  Zelda helps with, 1;

  ZSF plagiarized, 1, 2, 3

  ‘Benediction’, 1, 2;

  ‘Bernice Bobs Her Hair’, 1;

  Boy Who Killed His Mother, 1, 2;

  ‘Camel’s Back, The’, 1;

  ‘Captured Shadow, The’, 1;

  childhood memories used, 1;

  ‘Crack-Up, The’, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  ‘Crazy Sunday’, 1;

  ‘Cruise of the Rolling Junk, The’ (series), 1;

  ‘Cut-Glass Bowl, The’, 1;

  ‘Dalyrimple Goes Wrong’, 1, 2;

  ‘Death of My Father, The’, 1;

  ‘Debutante, The’, 1, 2;

  fallen aviator theme, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi!, 1;

  Flappers and Philosophers, 1;

  Flight of the Rocket (later Beautiful and Damned), 1, 2;

  ‘Freshest Boy, The’, 1;

  Girl from Lazy J (play), 1;

  Great Gatsby, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  characterization, 1;

  dedication, 1, 2;

  as movie, 1;

  names of characters, 1;

  publication, 1, 2;

  reviews, 1, 2;

  Rosalinde Fuller portrayed in, 1;

  sales, 1, 2, 3;

  Sara Murphy portrayed in, 1;

  serialization, 1;

  theatrical production, 1;

  title, choice of, 1;

  ZSF draws pictures of, 1;

  ZSF plagiarized, 1;

  ZSF portrayed in, 1, 2, 3

  ‘Handle With Care’, 1;

  ‘Head and Shoulders’, 1, 2, 3;

  His Honor the Sultan (musical comedy), 1;

  ‘Home to Babylon’, 1;

  ‘Ice Palace, The’, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  influences on, 1, 2;

  ‘IOU’, 1;

&n
bsp; ‘Jacob’s Ladder’, 1;

  ‘Jelly Bean, The’, 1, 2;

  Josephine Perry stories, 1;

  journalism, 1;

  ‘Last of the Belles, The’, 1;

  Last Tycoon, The, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  ‘Lees of Happiness, The’, 1, 2;

  ‘Lipstick’ (screenplay), 1, 2, 3;

  ‘Love in the Night’, 1;

  ‘Magnetism’, 1, 2;

  marital relationships in, 1;

  ‘May Day’, 1;

  ‘Myra Meets His Family’, 1, 2, 3;

  ‘Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage, The’, 1;

  ‘New Leaf, A’, 1;

  ‘Night at the Fair, A’, 1;

  ‘Nightmare’, 1;

  ‘Not in the Guidebook’, 1;

  novel-writing block, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;

  ‘Offshore Pirate, The’, 1, 2, 3;

  ‘One Trip Abroad’, 1;

  ‘On Your Own’, 1;

  ‘Pasting It Together’, 1;

  Pat Hobby stories, 1;

  plagiarizes ZSF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;

  plays, 1;

  ‘Porcelain and Pink’, 1;

  ‘Rich Boy, The’, 1, 2;

  ‘Romantic Egotist, The’, 1;

  ‘Rough Crossing, The’, 1;

  ‘Scandal Detectives, The’, 1, 2;

  scriptwriting, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  ‘Sensible Thing, The’, 1;

  serious fiction vs entertainment, 1, 2;

  Southern fiction, 1;

  ‘Swimmers, The’, 1;

  Tales of the Jazz Age, 1;

  Tender Is The Night, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  autobiographical material, 1, 2;

  drafts, 1;

  film script, 1, 2;

  Hemingway portrayed in, 1;

  homosexuality in, 1, 2;

  Jozan portrayed in, 1;

  Kelly version, 1, 2;

  Lois Moran portrayed in, 1, 2, 3;

  Melarky version, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  mental illness in, 1, 2;

  movie rights, 1;

  Murphys portrayed in, 1;

  reviews, 1, 2;

  Rosalinde Fuller portrayed in, 1;

  sales, 1;

  and Save Me The Waltz, 1;

  serialization, 1, 2;

  Tommy Hitchcock portrayed in, 1;

  ZSF and, 1, 2, 3;

  ZSF plagiarized in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  ZSF portrayed in, 1

  This Side of Paradise

  critical acclaim, 1, 2;

  hero’s name, 1;

  New Yorkers presented in, 1;

  publication, 1, 2;

  royalties, 1;

  sales, 1, 2, 3;

  UK publication, 1;

  ZSF plagiarized in, 1, 2;

  ZSF portrayed in, 1, 2, 3;

  ZSF’s response to, 1, 2

  ‘Two Wrongs’, 1;

  Vegetable, The (play), 1, 2, 3, 4;

  ZSF as model, 1, 2, 3

  Character: charm and intuitiveness, 1;

  determination to succeed, 1;

  egotism, 1, 2, 3;

  extravagance, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  as father, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16;

  generosity, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  hero worship, 1, 2, 3;

  historicizes himself, 1;

  hypochondria, 1;

  intimacy, talent for, 1;

  intrusive questions, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  jealousy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  logic, 1;

  men, attitude to, 1;

  narcissism, 1;

  outrageous behaviour, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  as outsider, 1;

  puritanism, 1, 2;

  self-dramatization, 1, 2;

  self-image, 1;

  sense of honour, 1;

  and success, 1;

  and travelling, 1;

  women, attitude to, 1, 2

  Health: 1;

  alcoholism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;

  depression, 1, 2;

  heart attacks, 1, 2;

  nervous attacks, 1, 2, 3;

  TB, 1, 2, 3

  Other references: and abstract thought, 1;

  artistic superiority, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5r, 6, 7;

  ‘authorship’ of ZSF’s writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  borrows from publisher/agent, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  career, 1, 2, 3;

  Catholicism, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  debts, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13;

  drinking, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32;

  earnings, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15;

  friendships, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;

  Hemingway, relationship with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;

  and homosexuality, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;

  identity, 1;

  and Jozan, 1;

  and lesbianism, 1;

  library, 1;

  and Lois Moran, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  marital discord, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  marital role, 1;

  marital sexual relationship, 1, 2, 3;

  and New York, 1;

  personal appearance, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  popularity, 1;

  portrayed on Follies curtain, 1;

  and power, 1;

  responsibility, 1, 2;

  and rich people, 1;

  sacrifice, 1;

  and Sara Murphy, 1, 2;

  and Sayre family, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  sexuality, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  sexual problems, 1, 2, 3;

  spelling, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  supports ZSF, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  wants more children, 1, 2;

  ZSF, relationship with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  and ZSF’s ballet, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  on ZSF’s seduction, 1, 2, 3;

  and ZSF’s sexuality, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Fitzgerald, J.C, 1

  Fitzgerald, Mary McQuillan (‘Mollie’), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  Fitzgerald, Zelda Sayre

  Life: birth, 1;

  family background, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  childhood, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  education, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  teenage years, 1, 2;

  early boyfriends, 1, 2, 3;

  seduction by Sellers, 1, 2, 3;

  meets FSF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  correspondence with FSF, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  diaries considered for publication, 1, 2;

  engagement, 1, 2, 3;

  wedding, 1, 2;

  in New York (1920), 1;

  fountain plunge, 1, 2, 3;

  flirts with FSF’s friends, 1, 2;

  in Westport, Conn., 1, 2;

  Montgomery visit (1920), 1, 2;

  social life, 1;

  returns to New York (1920), 1;

  pregnancy (1920), 1, 2;

  Europe trip (1921), 1;

  in St Paul for birth, 1;

  reviews Beautiful and Damned, 1;

  abortion (1922), 1;

  Ferris wheel ride, 1, 2;

  in France (1924), 1, 2;

  and Jozan, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  dangerous exploits, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  in Italy (1924-5), 1, 2;

  moves to Great Neck (1922-4), 1;

  in Paris (1925), 1, 2;

  meets Hemingway, 1, 2;

  paints steadily, 1;

  FSF violent towards, 1, 2;

  on Riviera (1925), 1;

  ‘cure’ at Salies-de-Béarn, 1, 2;

  on Riviera (1926), 1, 2, 3;

  operation (1926), 1;

  returns to America, 1;

  in California (1927), 1;

  burns clothes, 1;

  at Ellerslie, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;

  in Paris (1928), 1;

  ballet lessons, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  European trip (1929), 1, 2, 3;

  declines
ballet company offer, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  questions FSF’s sexuality, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  friendship with lesbian group, 1, 2;

  North Africa trip (1930), 1;

  first breakdown (1930), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  at Malmaison Clinic, 1, 2, 3;

  at Valmont Clinic, 1;

  at Prangins Clinic, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  schizophrenia diagnosed, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

  escape attempts, 1, 2;

  analytical letters to FSF, 1, 2, 3;

  writing in clinic, 1, 2, 3;

  begs for release, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  tries reconciliation as way of release, 1, 2, 3;

  lesbian attachments, 1;

  Bleuler’s recommendations, 1, 2, 3;

  Annecy trip (1931), 1;

  release from Prangins (1931), 1;

  recovers in Montgomery, 1;

  writes stories, 1;

  investigates divorce, 1;

  father’s death, 1;

  in Florida (1932), 1;

  symptoms re occur, 1, 2, 3;

  in Phipps Clinic, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  sends Save Me The Waltz to Scribner’s, 1, 2;

  at La Paix, 1, 2;

  Save Me The Waltz published (1932), 1, 2;

  Scandalabra, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  discusses troubles with FSF (1933), 1, 2, 3;

  burns clothes and sets fire to La Paix, 1;

  brother’s suicide, 1, 2, 3;

  re-enters Phipps Clinic (1934), 1;

  at Craig House (1934), 1, 2, 3;

  Cary Ross Gallery show, 1;

  at Sheppard Pratt, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  suicide attempts, 1, 2, 3;

  at Highland Hospital, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  attends Scottie’s graduation (1938), 1;

  Sayre family campaigns for release, 1;

  paints hospital screens, 1, 2;

  release (1940), 1;

  lives with mother, 1, 2, 3;

  FSF dies (1940), 1, 2;

  art after FSF’s death, 1, 2;

  seminars on FSF’s writing, 1;

  returns to Highland Hospital (1944), 1;

  plans to publish book of paper dolls, 1;

  Red Cross work, 1;

  Scottie’s wedding (1943), 1;

  grandson born (1946), 1;

  returns to Highland Hospital (1946), 1, 2, (1947), 3;

  Caesar’s Things in 1948, 1, 2;

  granddaughter born (1948), 1;

  death (1948), 1

  Writing: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  ‘All About the Downs Case’, 1, 2;

  ‘Auction-Model 1934’, 1;

  authorship, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

  autobiographical fiction, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  Caesar’s Things, 1, 2, 3

  adultery in, 1;

  autobiographical links, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

  FSF portrayed in, 1, 2;

  Gerald Murphy portrayed in, 1;

  jealousy in, 1;

  Jozan portrayed in, 1, 2, 3, 4;

  marital roles in, 1, 2;

  Murphys portrayed in, 1;

  religious symbolism, 1;

  ZSF’s seduction in, 1

  College Humor pieces, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

  ‘Cotton Belt’, 1;

  ‘Couple of Nuts, A’, 1;

  ‘Crime Passionel’, 1;

 

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