Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): Hemingway/Fitzgerald
Articles

Zelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz in conversation with F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night: A Woman’s Search for Autonomy

Mae Anglim
Muhlenberg College

Published 2026-04-29

Keywords

  • Zelda Fitzgerald,
  • feminist criticism,
  • women's liberation,
  • power,
  • self-governance,
  • autonomy
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How to Cite

Anglim, M. (2026). Zelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz in conversation with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night: A Woman’s Search for Autonomy. Wings of Fire: Proceedings, 4(1). Retrieved from https://proceedings.francescacoppa.bergbuilds.domains/index.php/WOFProceedings/article/view/68

Abstract

F. Scott Fitzgerald only envisions women taking power in relation to men. But in Save Me the Waltz, Zelda Fitzgerald shows women seeking self-governance outside of a man’s grasp and in a feminine sphere.