The Crack-Up (1945) is a collection of essays by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. It includes previously unpublished letters and notes, along with the three essays Fitzgerald originally wrote for Esquire magazine, which were first published in 1936. After Fitzgerald's death in 1940, Edmund Wilson compiled and edited this anthology, first published by New Directions in 1945.
The main essay starts 'Of course all life is a process of breaking down ..'[1] which gives something of the tone of the piece.
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Mar 07, 2017 One of America's most famous authors confronts the pressures of fame in a most public forum. Read The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald in Esquire's archive.
It also includes other essays by Fitzgerald and positive evaluations of his work by Glenway Wescott, John Dos Passos, and John Peale Bishop, plus 1925 letters from Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot, and Edith Wharton, praising Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
Famous quotes[edit]
At the beginning of The Crack-Up Fitzgerald makes this widely quoted general observation:—
the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
As an example of this 'truth,' he cites the ability to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. In modern decision theory, the quote has been used by some to explain the bias shown in many experiments, where subjects gather information to justify a preconceived notion. These experiments suggest that the mental ability described by Fitzgerald (being able to see both sides of an argument) is rarer than many assume.
Reaction[edit]
The essays when originally written were poorly received and many reviewers were openly critical, particularly of the personal revelations. Time has been somewhat kinder to them and the collection is an insight into the mind of the writer during this low period in his life.
The essays stand today as a compelling psychological portrait and an illustration of an important Fitzgerald theme
The philosopher Gilles Deleuze adopted the term crack-up from Fitzgerald to refer to his interpretation of the Freudian death instinct[3].
In popular culture[edit]
Dragon ball z video games ps3. The title of the 2017 Fleet Foxes album Crack Up was inspired by the essay.[4]
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