James L.W. West

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James L. W. West III, a native of Virginia, is Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. West is a book historian, scholarly editor, and biographer. He has written books on F. Scott Fitzgerald and on the history of professional authorship in America and has held fellowships from the J. S. Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. West has had Fulbright appointments in England (at Cambridge University) and in Belgium (at the Université de Liège). He is the general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and is at work on a volume of essays.

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Books by James L.W. West

Average rating: 3.73 · 408 ratings · 58 reviews · 26 distinct works

	The Perfect Hour: The Romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King, His First Love 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	William Styron, A Life 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Trimalchio: An Early Version of the Great Gatsby 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Re-Constructing the Book: Literary Texts in Transmission 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser, Alfred Kazin (Introduction by), John C. Berkey (Historical Editor) 3.56 avg rating — 9,186 ratings — published 1900 — 169 editions	My rating:
	Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L.W. West (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1925	My rating:
	A Short Autobiography by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L.W. West, James L. W. III West 3.55 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L.W. West (Editor), West James L. W. (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 14,078 ratings — published 1920 — 171 editions	My rating:
	My Lost City: Personal Essays 1920-40 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (Editor), James L.W. West (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Letters to My Father by William Styron, James L.W. West (Editor), Rose Styron (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating: