Max Perkins
Editor of Genius
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2013
640 pages
978-1-4711-3010-6 (ISBN)
Description
The talents Maxwell Perkins nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe among numerous others. But the man himself remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as editor but as critic, career manager, moneylender, psychoanalyst, confessor and friend. This outstanding biography, a winner of the National Book Award, is the first to explore the fascinating life of this editor extraordinaire in both professional and personal domains. It tells not only of Perkins' stormy marriage and secret twenty-five-year romance with Elizabeth Lemmon, but also of his intensely intimate relationships with the leading literary lights of the twentieth century.
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A. Scott Berg is the author of four bestselling biographies: Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, winner of the National Book Award; Goldwyn; Lindbergh, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and Kate Remembered. He lives in Los Angeles.
Content
- Intro
- Praise for A. Scott Berg
- Also by A. Scott Berg
- Title page
- Dedication and Copyright page
- Contents
- PART ONE
- I. The Real Thing
- II. Paradise
- III. Provenance
- IV. Branching Out
- V. A New House
- VI. Companions
- VII. A Man of Character
- VIII. A Little Honest Help
- PART TWO
- IX. Crises of Confidence
- X. Mentor
- XI. Lamentations
- XII. The Sexes
- XIII. Triumphs over Time
- PART THREE
- XIV. Going Home Again
- XV. Critical Times
- XVI. The Letter
- XVII. A Sad Farewell
- XVIII. By the Wind Grieved
- PART FOUR
- XIX. To Everything a Season
- XX. Diminutions
- XXI. Portrait in Gray and Black
- XXII. A Toss of the Hat
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- SOURCES AND NOTES
- INDEX
- Author biography
- List of Illustrations
