Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1925-1964.

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Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1925-1964.

Contains 1 item (1 leaf) from Fitzgerald and 2 items (2 leaves) from Matthew Bruccoli, the current owner of the letter. The Bruccoli letters are addressed to Gladys Brooks.

3 items (3 leaves)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6930612

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph), 1931-2008

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Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (August 21, 1931 – June 4, 2008) was an American professor of English at the University of South Carolina. He was the preeminent expert on F. Scott Fitzgerald. He also wrote about other writers, notably Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe and John O'Hara, and was editor of the Dictionary of Literary Matthew Joseph Bruccoli was born in 1931 in The Bronx, New York to Joseph Bruccoli and Mary Gervasi. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1949. He studied at Cor...

Brooks, Gladys Harding, 1892-1959

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Gladys Harding Brooks (1892-1959) was an Abilene, Kansas, native and a highschool friend of Dwight D. Eisenhower. From the description of Brooks, Gladys Harding, 1892-1959 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10610145 Gladys Brooks was Charlie Brooks's stepmother, the second wife of Van Wyck Brooks. From the description of Correspondence to Charles Van Wyck Brooks, 1947-1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 19173223...

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....