The Double Vision in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Short-Stories
The Double Vision in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Short-Stories

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a by-product of the author’s work as a translator. F. Scott Fitzgerald published 178 short-stories during his lifetime, from Flappers and Philosophers to Taps at Reveille. The paper argues that a close reading of some of the most aesthetically satisfactory of these stories will reveal that the interest they stir is dependent, just as with the novels, on the tension produced by the intertwining of two contrasting life outlooks, an illusion-fostering dreamy romantic one, and a harsh, realistic one. It is the latter that prevails, just as in real life.

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