Graduation Year
Fall 2011
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Literature
Reader 1
Brian McGrath
Reader 2
Gregory Hess
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© 2011 James J. Baker III
Abstract
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a product of the era he was at his zenith: the roaring 1920s. By the time he arrived in Los Angeles, he was short on money and the audience for his novels and writing was waning. This work explores his time in L.A., his attitude toward cinema & the Hollywood system, and how he incorporated what he learned from screenwriting into The Last Tycoon, the unfinished novel that Fitzgerald aimed to revive his own career with.
Recommended Citation
Baker, James J. III, "F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Hollywood Tragedy" (2011). CMC Senior Theses. 266.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/266
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
