One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Arthur Mizener, Lionel Trilling, William Troy, Wright Morris, John Aldridge, Edwin Fussell, Andrews Wanning, Malcolm Cowley, Leslie Fiedler, Charles E. Shain, Edmund Wilson, James E. Miller, Jr., Donald Ogden Stewart, John Henry Raleigh, Tom Burnam, A. E. Dyson, Marius Bewley, D. W. Harding, and D. S. Savage--all dealing with the biography and literary work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Designed for use by both literary critics and secondary and college teachers of English, this work would also be of value to undergraduate and graduate students of literature. The essays are divided into sections dealing with Fitzgerald's career, his early work, "The Great Gatsby," and Fitzgerald's late work. A chronology of important dates in Fitzgerald's life, a brief set of biographical notes on the contributors to this collection, and a bibliography of works on Fitzgerald complete the volume. (LL)