“The long roads to forgotten regretted nostalgias”:Traumatic Wounds in the Letters of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
When twenty- five- year-old Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald asked her husband Scott Fitzgerald to resume her ballet lessons, he saw no objection to it. Fitzgerald thought the lessons would keep Zelda busy while he focused on his novel Tender is the Night(1934). Little did he know then that strenuous dancing...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositório: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/151488 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/151488 https://doi.org/10.12795/REN.2021.i25.05 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Zelda Sayre Fitzgeral Modernist female writers Letters Ballet Mental illness Trauma Nostalgia Regret Escritoras modernistas Cartas Enfermedad mental Arrepentimiento |
| Resumo: | When twenty- five- year-old Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald asked her husband Scott Fitzgerald to resume her ballet lessons, he saw no objection to it. Fitzgerald thought the lessons would keep Zelda busy while he focused on his novel Tender is the Night(1934). Little did he know then that strenuous dancing rehearsals would lead Zelda to her first mental breakdown. While confined at several mental institutions from1930 to 1948, Zelda used the epistolary form in an attempt to move from victim to artist.It is through her letters to Scott Fitzgerald that we discover her inner struggles and her longing for a career of her own.This article analyzes a selection of Zelda Fitzgerald’s letters in order to determine whether the epistolary form allows Zelda to overcome or perpetuate her traumas while confined at several mental institutions. |
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