Re: The Perfect Jay
oconnort@nyu.edu
Wed, 01 Apr 1998 12:06:54 -0500
On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 11:11:12AM -0500, Win Boogie wrote:
> I'm afraid of buying new editions of Fitzgerald's books out of fear that a
> significant amount of the money will end up residing with Matthew Bruccolli.
> For fifteen years now I've been seeing his name attatched to every piece on
> Fitzgerald I've read. Just this weekend I found some old Scribner anthologies
> of Ring Lardner (who I can't reccommend enough) with an introductory essay by
> my old friend Matt B. I was shocked and surprised that his scope extended all
> the way to Ring Lardner. Do the new editions have Bruccolli's stamp on them,
> Tim?
Yes ... he's, well, the pre-eminent FSF scholar, so indeed he's got his
name on them -- but whatever else one might say about how he works, the
Cambridge books are impeccable, in my very humble opinion. (No joking.)
He does have ties to Lardner, too. And (I believe) other Scribners
authors. I vaguely recall that he was in the vanguard of the FSF
revival that took place after the author's death, when his reputation
was more or less in the toilet.
--tim