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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Website Evaluators
Jonathan Fairman - Cleveland School of the Arts, Ohio
Chris Huber - on leave, Missouri
Website Reviewer and Compiler
Dan Sanders - writer, California
Site Ratings
1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Good 4 = ExcellentF. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary: University of South Carolina
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html
This is a
comprehensive information base "for those seeking information, essays, facts, writings, anything and everything about the author." Teachers will find of particular value its collection of complete texts,
background information on the Fitzgeralds, and film/video referrals. Students will find it easily navigable. Includes a search function for locating specific materials.
Overall Rating: 4American Storytellers: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Sensible Thing"
http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/
Well-produced and colorful, this is a diverse collection of online tools.
"Good short biographies of Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda" and a complete list of Fitzgerald's works are offered. A unique feature that may be of interest to students is a link to a Fitzgerald chat room.
"While it does not contain the amount of first-hand artifacts of other sites, it is a captivating site for students of all ages."
Overall Rating: 3
The Internet Public Library: Online Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out.pl?au=fit-69
While this site contains little information on Fitzgerald by itself, its links are well-organized into categories such as "Criticism" and "Biography." The body of links are
valuable, but "slow due to its reliance on outside sites." Suitability to student use and overall usability are both good. An adequate beginning gateway for Fitzgerald study.
Overall Rating: 3The Legend of Zelda
http://www.poprocks.com/zelda/index.html
Author, dancer and painter, Fitzgerald's mercurial wife Zelda "was tremendously important in his life, and this site is devoted to giving her her due." Comprehensive
and skillfully presented, it contains several highly interesting resources. While student suitability is mostly appropriate, the site does link to an "Infamous Femmes" site containing a nude photograph of Isadora
Duncan, and other sites with potentialy controversial content. The "Zelda" site itself has numerous fascinating materials, including family photos and never-before-published letters by her husband to her doctors.
Overall Rating: 3Educeth site — F.Scott Fitzgerald: 1896 - 1940
http://educeth.ethz.ch/english/readinglist/fitzgerald,f.scott.html
Less a resource in its own right than a collection of referrals for other sources, this site might be a good Fitzgerald starting point. Its strong point is its access
to background information on Fitzgerald's era, such as "Flapper Culture and Style." A number of the links it recommends, however, are no longer active. "An interesting assortment of facts about Fitzgerald,
his life, and his times."
Overall Rating: 2+The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://www.msu.edu/~kulbergr/gatsbyguide.htm
This resource focuses on Fitzgerald's best-known work. It features chapter summaries of The Great Gatsby, as well as a "Beginner's Guide" that would be of particular value to readers encountering his work
for the first time. "Younger students should find this site interesting, older students may find its lack of scholarly content and 'artifacts' a handicap to serious research." While some of its links are now
inactive, its viable referrals comprise a good collection of Gatsby materials.
Overall Rating: 2 |
