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1、ABriefBiographyofF.ScottFitzgeraldF.ScottFitzgerald(1896-1940)wasawriterverymuchofhisowntime.AsMalcolmCowleyonceputit,helivedinaroomfullofclocksandcalendars.Theyearstickedawaywhilehenotedthesongs,theshows,thebooks,thequarterbacks.Hisowncareerfollowedthepatternofthenation,boomingintheearly1
2、920sandskiddingintonearoblivionduringthedepthsoftheDepression.Yethisfictiondidmorethanmerelyreportonhistimes,oronhimselfasaprototypicalrepresentative,forFitzgeraldhadthegiftofdoublevision.LikeWaltWhitmanorhisownNickCarraway,hewassimultaneouslywithinandwithout,atonceimmersedinhistimesandabl
3、etoviewthem--andhimself--withstrikingobjectivity.Thisrareability,alongwithhisrhetoricalbrilliance,hasestablishedFitzgeraldasoneofthemajornovelistsandstorywritersofthetwentiethcentury.ThesourceofFitzgerald'stalentremainsamystery.EdwardFitzgerald,hisfather,camefrom"tired,oldstock"withrootsin
4、Maryland.HisjobwithProctorandGambletookthefamilytoBuffaloandSyracuseformostofhisson'sfirstdecade.ThenthecompanyletEdwardFitzgeraldgo,andhereturnedtoSaintPaulblamingnoonebuthimselfandgoingdailytoanofficewheretherewasnotmuchforhimtodo.Hedrankmorethanheshouldhavebuthadbeautifulmannersthatheta
5、ughttohisonlyson.EdwardFitzgerald'sgreat-great-grandfatherwasthebrotherofFrancisScottKey'sgrandfather,andifScottFitzgeraldclaimedacloserrelationship,itwashardlyhisfault.HehadafterallbeenchristenedFrancisScottKeyFitzgerald,andhismotherMolliewasinordinatelyproudoftheKeyconnectionshehadmarrie
6、dinto.Herownfamilycouldoffernopretensionstoaristocracy,certainly.PhilipFrancisMcQuillan,herfather,hademigratedfromIrelandin1843andbuiltasubstantialwholesalegrocerybusinessinSaintPaul.>FromhimmayhavestemmedtheenergythatfueledScottFitzgerald'sproductionof160storiesandfourandahalfnovels.Equal
7、lyimportant,probably,wasFitzgerald'ssenseofhavingcomefromtwowidelydifferentCelticstrains.Hehadearlydevelopedaninferioritycomplexinafamilywherethe"blackIrishhalf...hadthemoneyandlookeddownontheMarylandsideofthefamilywhohad,andreallyhad...`breeding.'"AsaboyScott
