Talk:F. Scott Fitzgerald/Archive 5

Coining versus Popularizing the phrase "Jazz Age"?
""the Jazz Age—a term which he coined""

Although various biographers posit that F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the phrase "Jazz Age" and he apparently made this claim himself, there are many historical sources which prove the phrase already existed and was in popular usage before Fitzgerald. For example: Such usage predates Fitzgerald's career. As such, it might be more accurate to say that Fitzgerald popularized the phrase "Jazz Age." -- Flask (talk) 23:09, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The Oxford English Dictionary records the use of the phrase by a newspaper in 1920.
 * The Houghton Line (Volumes 24-25), a popular magazine, records the phrase as already vogue in 1919.
 * A 1919 article in The Literary Digest (Volume 62, p. 31) also employs the phrase.

Plan for the collaboration group
Finding text sources about F. Scott Fitzgerald as a possibility to help any of our additions to the Wikipedia after evaluation done by Izahnaya 10/24/2020

Started email text chain between the three of us to correspond about our work and the process we are using to complete it. 10/24/2020

Researching to find some information to provide and for us to make changes in the Wikipedia article. Ali, Izahnaya, Dyona. 10/25/2020

Defining the three Wikipedia featured criteria we are going to use. Definitions done by Ali, editing done by Izahnaya. 10/29/2020

Adding discussion/talk link to the wiki. Done by Ali. 11/05/2020

Make a change by adding small sections of words, and sentence changes -350 words- to the article, and add 4/6 new sources. Along with evaluating the sources to see if they fit the needs. Done by Izahnaya 11/05/2020

We have created a plan to work together via email, and wiki to organize our information, research, and additions we plan on making. We plan a few days weekly about the article and have our discussion.

We will edit and add the 6/6 source and make changes if needed more. Will be done by Ali or Izahnaya 11/12/2020

Planning to add everything one time to the Wikipedia article, we plan to talk everything out together before adding it to the Wikipedia, we would like it to be as flawless as we can make it so that it will be less likely to face rejection 11/13/2020 and 11/14/2020

Finishing, perfecting, adding the last touch to the article, and complete any of the changes we may have forgotten to make to the Wikipedia. 11/15/2020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hassanali25 (talk • contribs) 04:10, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Zelda Fitzgerald and John Dos Passos On Fitzgerald's Character
Many biographies, articles and memoirs emphasize Fitzgerald's alcoholism and occasionally obnoxious behavior, dismissing him as a degraded drunk. To give an accurate portrayal of Fitzgerald, it's worthwhile to include these quotations from John Dos Passos and from Fitzgerald's wife Zelda about his behavior during the most difficult times of his life. They knew him best.

"Scott was meeting adversity with a consistency of purpose which I found admirable. He was trying to raise Scottie (his daughter), to do the best thing possible for Zelda, to handle his drinking and to keep a flow of stories into the magazines to raise the enormous sums Zelda's illness cost. At the same time he was determined to continue writing firstrate novels. With age and experience his literary standards were rising. I never admired a man more." John Dos Passos, 1933, Letters from the Lost Generation, p. 73. The letter is to his and Fitzgerald's friend, Gerald Murphy.

Zelda Fitzgerald wrote the following letter, also to Gerald Murphy, after Fitzgerald's death in 1940:

"I grieve for his brilliant talent, his faithful effort to keep me under the best of very expensive care and Scottie in school; his devotion to those he felt were contributing to the aesthetic and spiritual purposes of life--and for his vibrant and generous soul that never spared itself, and never found anything too much trouble save the fundamentals of life itself. That he won't be there to arrange nice things and tell us what to do is grievous to envisage...he was as comprehensive and intelligent and gratifying a friend as I could ever have found...and he loved you dearly." Letters from the Lost Generation, p.262 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Younggoldchip (talk • contribs) 16:56, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Changing infobox image?
Two photographs of F. Scott Fitzgerald on Wikimedia Commons have been meticulously verified to be in the public domain as they were published in newspapers prior to 1925. You can view their permissions details on Commons. Perhaps we should consider replacing the current image in the infobox or inserting them elsewhere in the article? Your thoughts? — Flask (talk) 17:32, 23 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I think the current lede image is preferable to both - it has better lighting, shows him at his craft, and clearly shows his face. But these two images are pretty good, and I would be fine if you found a way to wedge these in the article somewhere. Cheers. ~ HAL  333  17:56, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay! Thank you for your swift reply. — Flask (talk) 20:21, 23 June 2021 (UTC)